Watch a fantastic feature story on AZ CEAL’s COVID Youth Art on Cronkite News https://youtu.be/uNL5NfqOLu0
Omar Gomez
Report highlights COVID-19 experiences of community health workers
Community health workers (CHWs) — also referred to as community health representatives and promotoras de salud — are frontline public health workers who are trusted and welcomed into the homes of their communities.
A team from Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Arizona… Read more
NAU researchers expand COVID-19 education and outreach through key collaborations
According to Samantha Sabo, getting the COVID-19 vaccine to people who need it most requires a team approach with key experts in rural… Read more
Student Spotlight: Omar Gomez
Student Spotlight: Omar Gomez, CHER Graduate Student Research Assistant
Hometown: Flagstaff, AZ
What is your program of study? Master of Public Health –Health promotion
When will you graduate? Spring 2020
Why are you interested your program? My interest in the MPH program is due to its interdisciplinary approach and is a stepping stone… Read more
NAU professor tracks the treatment of unaccompanied minors fleeing to the US

In 2019, US Customs and Border Protection apprehended 73,235 unaccompanied minors attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. While their path was fraught with danger last year, their journey has become even more dangerous in a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has reached global… Read more
Sabo and Gomez featured on KJZZ for contract tracing
KJZZ ‘The Show’ feature
July 24, 2020
By Mark Brodie
Published July 22, 2020––The Show on KJZZ 91.5
The Arizona Department of Health Services recorded another 1,926 new cases of COVID-19 on July 22, pushing the total number of cases over 150,000.
The state is also reported that 56 more Arizonans died due to the virus, meaning… Read more