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CHER co-hosts national juvenile justice system roundtable on Sept. 26

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Of the 850,000 youth in the U.S. juvenile justice system, youth of color account for about 68 percent according to the Children’s Defense fund—numbers that a national gathering of juvenile justice experts is addressing and hopes to eliminate in the future.

The Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) at Northern Arizona University is partnering with the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and The NARBHA Institute to host a… Read more

Welcome CHER graduate students

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In the 2019-29 year, CHER has unprecedented number of graduate students in its master’s and doctorate programs.

Meet our 14 graduate students (and 1 undergrad) and learn why they chose NAU!

 

CHER graduate student in blue button-down shirt

Lyle Becenti
Hometown: Naschitti, NM
What is your program of study? Master of Public Health– Indigenous Health
When will you graduate? Fall 2020Read more

CHER’s founding director, Dr. Julie Baldwin

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CHER’s founding director, Dr. Julie Baldwin, has a lifelong commitment to serving diverse communities and to advocating for health promotion programs for children, adolescents, and families. She is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

Dr. Baldwin spent 10 years at NAU (1994 – 2004) as a tenured faculty member with a joint appointment in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, and worked with other NAU faculty on a project… Read more

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