Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative

Collaboration and clear communication can improve health equity, researchers find

Posted by ld583 on July 12, 2022

Health Disparities

The differences in health status and disease burden (e.g., lower quality of life, financial costs, and death) exist among specific populations based on social or demographic factors such as race and income.

Social Determinants of Health

The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age (e.g., air quality, schools, parks, jobs, housing conditions, etc.).

Health Equity

Health equity is when every person has a fair and equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible and no one is… Read more

Shaping the future of child oral health

Posted by ld583 on

Misty Pacheco poses for a portrait. She has long, dark hair that is curled and is wearing a black v-neck shirt. She is smiling.
Misty Pacheco, PhD

Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative study hopes to diminish early childhood caries among Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander families

Getting children to brush their teeth daily—let alone properly flossing and avoiding sugary snacks—is difficult for all caregivers.

To assist families in developing… Read more

Moving research news beyond academia

Posted by ld583 on July 8, 2022

Lisa Hardy smiles as she stands in front of a red building. She is wearing a black blouse and has auburn hair and blue eyes.
Lisa J. Hardy, Ph.D., has one of the Research Infrastructure Core pre-recorded workshops now available.

Hardy’s workshop shows researchers how to get their work published in mainstream media

Have you ever read a news story that you knew, as a researcher, contained inaccurate information?… Read more

2021 Research Poster Presentation and Reception

Posted by ld583 on January 12, 2022

SHERC holds successful event featuring current projects

For the first time since 2019, the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative displayed more than 15 pilot projects, research projects and supplements at their socially distanced, but still lively, Research Poster Presentation and Reception on Dec. 8 at the High Country Conference Center.

Northern Arizona University President José Luis Cruz Rivera was the guest speaker along with Catherine Propper, professor in the NAU Department… Read more

Ladner develops method to detect complete history of viral exposures with a single test

Posted by ld583 on January 10, 2022

Funding for a Pilot Project Program through Northern Arizona University’s Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) allowed Jason Ladner, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, to develop a unique “technological toolbox” that can identify and characterize antibodies against many different viruses simultaneously rather than only one at… Read more

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