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Does a warmer future favor microbial friend or foe? NAU researchers win $3.4M to study interactions in changing soil

Posted by Eliza Romero on December 5, 2022

Infographic detailing interactions in changing soil

In 2002, the Odyssey probe discovered evidence of past ice on Mars. The U.S. Congress authorized the Iraq War resolution. The Anaheim Angels won the World Series. And in a meadow 15 miles north of Flagstaff, scientists began to monitor and move small plots of soil along a mountain gradient… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Health Equity Research, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

Regents’ professor Julie Baldwin elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Posted by Eliza Romero on October 18, 2022

Researcher Julie Baldwin pointing to a chart

Regents’ professor Julie Baldwin, founding director of Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research, was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) for her pioneering research on community-driven HIV/AIDS and substance use prevention interventions for Indigenous youth implemented in school systems and Native communities… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Health Equity Research, Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative

Interdisciplinary team investigates air and water quality on Cocopah Reservation

Posted by Heather Tate on September 29, 2022

Funded through EPA grant, project provides students field research opportunities

Maddy Molzahn, Jenessa Arviso, and Karis Black collect water samples on the Cocopah Reservation
Maddy Molzahn, Jenessa Arviso, and Karis Black collect water samples on the Cocopah Reservation

Regents’ professor Jani Ingram of Northern Arizona University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was recently awarded a $200,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lead an assessment of the… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Health Equity Research, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP)

Reducing H. pylori in Navajo Nation tribal members through testing and education

Posted by Eliza Romero on September 21, 2022

 Members of the Navajo Healthy Stomach team present at a flea market in Shiprock, NM

How can you eliminate a pervasive, yet undiscussed, bacterial infection from the Navajo Nation? For a collaborative group of researchers, it requires dedication, hours of travel and unfailing commitment to present information in a respectful, culturally relevant… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Health Equity Research, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Office of Native American Initiatives, Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP)

Searching for the needle in a haystack: Are agrochemicals linked to cancer?

Posted by Eliza Romero on August 1, 2022

Machine in field spraying pesticides on crops

Thousands of chemicals are released into the environment yearly for agricultural, industrial and health-related needs. Sorting through which may inadvertently lead to risks to human health is a complex task. A joint study between NAU and the University of Idaho investigated whether there were any correlations between specific types… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Health Equity Research, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Disease ecologist awarded $3.5 million to build revolutionary epidemiological platform

Posted by Heather Tate on June 20, 2022

Joe Mihaljevic talking and writing on whiteboard

EpiMoRPH envisioned as collaborative online “hub,” making forecasting epidemics vastly more transparent and reliable

Mathematical modeling—which combines math, statistics, computing and data—is a critical tool for public health professionals, who use it to study how diseases spread, predict the future course of outbreaks and evaluate strategies for controlling epidemics.

As… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Health Equity Research, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, COVID-19, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, TGen

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