Heather Williamson, assistant professor in NAU’s Department of Occupational Therapy, Center for Health Equity Research, and Institute for Human Development recently received two $50,000 grants to assist adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council Grant 2020.
The… Read more
The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s (SHERC) Community Engagement Core has opened the sixth round of its Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) applications for funds of up to $5,000 per year — funding is dedicated to developing partnerships between NAU faculty and community organizations.
Applications are due by May 15 at 5 p.m. Partners must spend the funding on relationship… Read more
Telehealth, according to Ellen R. Cohn, editor, author and professor, University of Pittsburgh, is going to become “the rule rather than an exception.”
More than 150 local and national nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists attended the virtual conference, Telerehabilitation and Telepractice: An Interprofessional Conference to Build Connections and Best Practices, on March 4 and 5.
“It’s going to be taught in all universities,” Cohn said of the commonality… Read more
Time is typically something that is elusive. But to Linnea Evans, quantifying the use of time is one of the keys components in identifying structural racism.
Through her innovative research, Evans, an assistant professor at Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and Department of Health Sciences, is proving how racial and ethnic minoritized teens are often socially or financially excluded… Read more
Learn more about the Great Beginnings for Healthy Native Smiles project in our February 2021 newsletter:
A mere six months before the pandemic, Amy Armstrong-Heimsoth, associate clinical professor, NAU Department of Occupational Therapy, and her community partner Shevaun Sullivan, director of group home relations for OCJ Kids or Opportunity, Community and Justice for Kids, in Phoenix, received funding from the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) for their project.
Their plan was… Read more