Learn more about Northern Arizona University’s Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative Fairness First Initiative and other stories featured in our October 2021 CHER/SHERC newsletter.
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Fairness First releases its first blog: Catrin Edgeley, Wildfires and health equity
Wildfires and health equity with Catrin Edgeley
Assistant Professor, School of Forestry
Q. Can you tell us more about the research you do around wildfire and social science?
A. I research how human communities can become “fire adapted” (i.e., live with fire while minimizing impacts and losses) before, during, and after wildfires.… Read more
In the news: Pilot Project Program Antoninka’s Valley fever work | Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative
Scientists work to unravel fungus ecology as Valley fever expands throughout West
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Sept. 28, 2021
By Shaena Montanari
PHOENIX—After a rainy July, the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale is unusually green with a mix of Sonoran Desert plants and invasive annual grasses that have suddenly sprung to life. The intense… Read more
Sabo named president of AzCHOW Board
Samantha Sabo, community engagement core lead for the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative and associate professor for Health Sciences and the Center for Health Equity Research, was appointed president of the Board of Directors for the Arizona Association of Community Health Workers (AzCHOW). Established in 2001, AzCHOW is a statewide… Read more
September 2021 CHER/SHERC newsletter
Learn more about the “It’s Our Turn” COVID-19 youth and young adult art contest and the I Got the Shot” campaign that was featured in our most September 2021 CHER/SHERC newsletter.
Health Justice Futures holds first spotlight series on Sept. 29
Join Health Justice Futures in an online conversation on Sept. 29 at 5:30 p.m., MST, with Indigenous visual artists, Liva’ndrea Knoki and Garrett Etsitty, who will discuss the beauty of art in mobilizing Indigenous communities, the power of visibility, and what health justice means in the context of Indigenous sovereignty, gender, housing and… Read more