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Nicolette Teufel-Shone
CHER partners with ASU, UA, Mayo Clinic and the Arizona Community Health Worker Association to form CEAL COVID Consortium
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
CHER receives $1.2 million for health equity COVID-19 research
Researchers in Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) recently received four grants totaling more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for projects related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NAU Regents’ Professor Julie Baldwin, director of CHER and the principal investigator for three of these projects explained that… Read more
Summer public health enhancement programs for Diné College students, NAU’s project partner, move online during pandemic
NAU News Feature
June 23, 2020
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Navajo Nation Stay at Home order, two Diné College programs are being offered virtually this summer. The academic programs provide experiential training for high school and college students and are a collaboration between Diné College and Northern… Read more
SHERC CEC video series now available
When Northern Arizona University researchers successfully partner with a community organization, their experience can inform other emerging community partnerships.
The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) created a video series titled “Stories of Community-Engaged Research” that features four community-university partnerships, each in its own five-part video.
“The purpose of the video series is to allow community… Read More
Dr. Teufel-Shone appointed to editorial board of international science journal
Dr. Nicolette Teufel-Shone, associate director of the Northern Arizona University Center for Health Equity Research, was recently appointed as an editorial board member of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal publishes articles and communications in environmental health sciences and public health.