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 of Biological Sciences and co-lead of the SHERC Research Infrastructure Core.
List of presenters
SHERC Pilot and Research Projects Accordion Closed
Project: Testing the Utility of Biocrust Restoration to Stabilize Soils and Reduce Coccidioides Abundance
PI: Anita Antoninka, Assistant Research Professor, School of Forestry
Project: Physical Activity Among Women Incarcerated in Jail
PI: Ricky Camplain, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences
Project: Opioid Use Recovery Help in an Online User Support Environment (OUR HOUSE)
PI: Emery Eaves, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Project: Examining School Wellness in Underserved American Indian Communities
PI: Regina Eddie, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Project: Developing a Methodology for Exploring Health Inequities Tied to Wildfire Smoke
PI: Catrin Edgeley, Assistant Professor, School of Forestry
Project: Defining Microbiological Drivers of Early Childhood Caries in Preschoolers in Southern Arizona
PI: Viacheslav Fofanov, Associate Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems
Project: Navajo Children with and without Speech Sound Disorders
PI: Davis Henderson, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Project: Native Spirit: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Culturally-Grounded After-School Program
PI: Amanda Hunter, Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Health Equity Research
Project: Parents Taking Action to Improve Autism Services Access for Navajo Families in Northern Arizona: Intervention and Pilot Trial
PI: Olivia Lindly, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences
Project: Latino Fathers’ Stress and Their Children’s Obesity Risk
PI: Nanette “Gigi” Lopez, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences
Project: Epidemiological Modeling to Predict Spatial Disparities in West Nile Virus Infection Risk in the Southwest
PI: Joseph Mihaljevic, Assistant Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems
Project: Do Pathogen Genotypes, Carriage, and Social Network Differences Lead to Health Disparities in MRSA/MSSA Infections?
PI: Talima Pearson, Associate Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
SHERC Administrative Supplements Accordion Closed
Project: Understanding Resilience and Mental Wellbeing: Southwest Indigenous Nations and the Impact of COVID-19
Investigators:
- Julie Baldwin, Regents’ Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Karen Jarratt-Snider, Chair, Applied Indigenous Studies
- Manley Begay, Professor, Applied Indigenous Studies,
- Darold Joseph, Assistant Professor, College of Education
- Nicolette Teufel-Shone, Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Alisse Ali-Joseph, Assistant Professor, Applied Indigenous Studies
- Chesleigh Keene, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
- Juliette Roddy, Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Amanda Hunter, Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Health Equity Research
- Angelina Castagno, Professor, College of Education
- Marianne Nielsen, Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Project: Rapid Assessment of Immediate and Potential long-term implications of changing telehealth regulations for substance use treatment in the context of COVID-19
Investigators:
- Emery Eaves, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
- Julie Baldwin, Regents’ Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Robert Trotter, Regents’ Professor, Department of Anthropology
- Eck Doerry, Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems
Project: Building Trust and Awareness to Increase AZ Native Nation Participation in the COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
Investigators:
- Julie Baldwin, Regents’ Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Samantha Sabo, Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Nicolette Teufel-Shone, Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Naomi Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Project: Racial Differences in Transition of Care among Medicare Beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias after Hip Fracture
Investigators:
- Amit Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
- Julie Baldwin, Regents’ Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Patricia Pohl, Chair, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
- Stefany Shaibi, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
- Indrakshi Roy, Biostatistician, Center for Health Equity Research
- Amol Karmaker, Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Project: Defining Microbiological Drivers of Early Childhood Caries in Preschoolers of Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Descent
Investigators:
- Viacheslav Fofanov, Associate Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems,
- Julie Baldwin, Regents’ Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Talima Pearson, Associate Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Misty Pacheco, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Exercise Science, University of Hawaii, Hilo
Following are a few photos from the event. Please click on each photo to enlarge.
