Emery Eaves

CHER receives almost $1.4M grant to develop culturally centered graduate certificate for health professionals focusing on substance use disorders in underserved communities

Posted by on April 21, 2021

Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) recently received an almost $1.4 million grant to create a graduate certificate training program for practicing clinicians and doctoral students in health professions.

The certificate, called Culturally-Centered Addictions Research Training or C-CART, will address substance use disorders, specifically in underserved American Indian, Hispanic, and rural populations.

The innovative graduate certification program, funded through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, fills a critical need… Read more

NAU researchers study changing substance use treatment regulations during COVID-19

Posted by on January 12, 2021

Opioid addiction and other substance use disorders have surged to become a major national health priority in recent years.

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), where physicians use carefully regulated medications to help patients overcome their addictions, is one of the most popular and effective treatment approaches, but is often hampered by the need for patients to visit… Read more

Demographic Trends in Vigorous Physical Activity in College Students

Posted by on May 4, 2017

CHER Assistant Research Professor, Dr. Emery Eaves, is first author on an upcoming article co-authored with Dr. Tim Behrens and colleagues. The article presents analysis of a large-scale survey of college students that shows relationships between meeting vigorous physical activity recommendations and key demographic, lifestyle, and personal characteristics.

Vaping: Narratives of Freedom and Social Responsibility

Posted by on November 7, 2016

Dr. Emery Eaves will be heading to Minneapolis November 16  for the American Anthropological Association annual meeting to present a poster about her research on vaping. The title of her poster is “Vaping as a Counter-Aesthetic to the Pursuit of Public Health Wellness: Narratives of Freedom and Social Responsibility in Substance Use”.

Sometimes opposing and sometimes drawing from the debate in public health, a community of activists is working to shape or counter legislation related to Electronic Nicotine Delivery Devices… Read more

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