![C-NACHE staff photo from left to right: Taylor Lewis-Moore, Carmenlita Chief, Jani Ingram, Jennifer Hudson, Nicolas Beckett, Marissa Tutt, Winona Reid, Alyssa Begay, Dirk de Heer, Chesleigh Keene, Darold Joseph, Nicolette Teufel-Shone, Kelly Laurila, and Carol Goldtooth-Begay.](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/160/0N2A2258-1440x576.png)
NAU’s Native cancer research center celebrates an exciting first year
![C-NACHE staff photo from left to right: Taylor Lewis-Moore, Carmenlita Chief, Jani Ingram, Jennifer Hudson, Nicolas Beckett, Marissa Tutt, Winona Reid, Alyssa Begay, Dirk de Heer, Chesleigh Keene, Darold Joseph, Nicolette Teufel-Shone, Kelly Laurila, and Carol Goldtooth-Begay.](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/160/0N2A2258-1440x576.png)
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Posted by ld583 on March 27, 2023
Arizona PBS
March 20, 2023
Nicolette Teufel-Shone, associate director for the Center for Health Equity Research, was featured on Arizona PBS to discuss the $4 million Center for Native American Health Equity (C-NACHE) newly funded through the American Cancer Society.
Read the story… Read more
Posted by ld583 on March 8, 2023
How can you build a stronger Navajo Nation chapter post-pandemic?
Improving the Navajo Nation Forest Lake Chapter’s healthy living infrastructure has been a top priority in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic for chapter house leaders.
For Mae-Gilene Begay, president of Navajo Nation Forest Lake Chapter governance in Pinon,… Read more
Posted by ld583 on February 3, 2023
By Lauren Gilger
Jan. 31, 2023
The impacts of structural racism has led to many inequities for Native Americans, from poverty to education to health disparities — including cancer rates.
This group has higher rates of cancer, including lung, colorectal, liver, stomach and kidney… Read more
Posted by ld583 on January 12, 2023
A group of researchers from Northern Arizona University and Diné College found that employing public health students to deliver COVID-19 information to their own community is an effective way to address residents’ vaccine concerns and hesitancy.
The community-based research study on the Navajo Nation, called the Diné (Navajo) Teachings and Public Health Students Informing… Read more
Posted by ld583 on January 11, 2023
In an unprecedented move eight years ago, the Navajo Nation created the first-ever tax in the U.S. that supports health promotion and disease prevention through a law that collects a 2 percent tax on foods with little to no… Read more