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NIH features Regents’ Professor Julie A. Baldwin, CHER Director

Posted by ld583 on November 24, 2021

Conversation with Julie A. Baldwin, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University

Applying Cross-Cutting Themes of Prevention Science and Community-Based, Participatory Research to Address Health Disparities

Published November 24, 2021

Meet Dr. Julie Baldwin, a Regents’ Professor in the Department of Health Sciences and the Director of the Center for Health Equity Research at Northern Arizona University.

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SHERC investigators release resource guide for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

Posted by ld583 on June 16, 2021

 

 

Each year in Arizona, family members spend about 357 million unpaid hours caring for family members with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Before now, each caregiver in rural northern Arizona had to scramble and search for relevant resources for their loved one, often overlooking their own support and… Read more

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Faculty spotlight: Linnea Evans

Posted by ld583 on March 19, 2021

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… Read more

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

Posted by ld583 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… Read more

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SHERC researchers win APHA Rural and Environmental Research Award

Posted by ld583 on October 22, 2020

Researchers from Northern Arizona University’s Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) team recently won the 2020 Rural and Environmental Research Award for the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Aging & Public Health Section for their work with family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

SHERC is a grant-funded initiative of the Center for… Read more

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ADRD researchers seek family caregivers for survey

Posted by ld583 on February 11, 2020

Would you like to talk about your Alzheimer’s disease or dementia caregiving experience? Researchers from the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) are conducting a study that will identify the needs and assets of diverse caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s and related dementias (ADRD) in northern Arizona.
The multi-disciplinary research team received a one-year, $374,906 administrative supplement… Read more

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