Heather Williamson

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 ld583 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 expand COVID-19 education and outreach through key collaborations

Posted by ld583 on April 20, 2021

According to Samantha Sabo, getting the COVID-19 vaccine to people who need it most requires a team approach with key experts in rural communities leading… Read more

Robinson receives 2 NAU awards in research

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Bethany Robinson, a junior year biology undergraduate student in the Northern Arizona University Honors College, was awarded the Hooper Undergraduate Research Award (HURA) — a grant to do her own research on the impact of disability on access to physical activity while incarcerated among… Read more

Latest Fairness First episode explores advancing health equity in Arizona

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What are the root causes of health inequity and how do they affect the social determinants of health?

According to the recently released 2020 Regional Health Equity Survey Report (RHES), a key component to the root causes of health equity lies in the paths that create the problem — the unequal distribution… Read more

Williamson awarded two $50,000 grants through the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

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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

CHER partners with ASU, UA, Mayo Clinic and the Arizona Community Health Worker Association to form CEAL COVID Consortium

Posted by ld583 on November 20, 2020

American Indian, Latino and Black communities have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the United States, and Arizona has been no exception.

In response to the disparate pandemic spread, researchers from Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Mayo Clinic and the Arizona Community Health Worker Association… Read more

Heather Williamson

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

NAU researchers expand COVID-19 education and outreach through key collaborations

Robinson receives 2 NAU awards in research

Latest Fairness First episode explores advancing health equity in Arizona

Williamson awarded two $50,000 grants through the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

CHER partners with ASU, UA, Mayo Clinic and the Arizona Community Health Worker Association to form CEAL COVID Consortium

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