NAU News Feature
July 7, 2020
Scientists at two Northern Arizona University research centers—the Pathogen and Microbiome Institute (PMI) and the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER)—recently received grants totaling $175,000 from the Flinn Foundation in support of projects directed at responding to the COVID-19 threat.
NAU News Feature
December 5, 2019
For the first time in its 120-year history, Northern Arizona University broke through the country’s top 200 research universities, reaching No. 196 in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) national research rankings.
According to just-released NSF rankings, which take into account research expenditures, NAU also rose to No. 93… Read more
The American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) recently featured Dr. Heather Williamson, CHER faculty and assistant professor for the Department of Occupational Therapy, and her work as the main story in their November newsletter.… Read more
About 170 local and national judges, attorneys, social workers, probation officers, health care providers, community members, and researchers, as well as state, county, and city and officials, gathered at the High Country Conference Center at Northern Arizona University on Sept. 26 for a workshop entitled “The Consequences of Juvenile Justice System Involvement on the Health and Well-Being of Adolescents, Families and Communities… Read more
NAU News Feature
April 9, 2019
At President Rita Cheng’s recommendation, the Arizona Board of Regents has approved three professors to be promoted to the rank of Regents’ Professor, the highest rank a faculty member can achieve.
Nominees must be full professors, have outstanding achievements and be distinguished nationally… Read more
CHER Director, Julie Baldwin, is a member of the Committee on Accelerating Progress to Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities. The committee authored the Consensus Study Report Getting to Zero Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities: A Comprehensive Approach to a Persistent Problem, which was the topic of KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny’s interview with Julie Baldwin. The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report calls for stricter blood alcohol concentration laws in an effort to reduce impaired driving injuries and fatalities.
KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny’s interview with… Read more