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 in the U.S. and globally.
NAM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of… Read more
(Feature from the NAU Review by Heidi Toth)
A groundbreaking research collaborative at Northern Arizona University received another $21 million grant to continue its work to promote health equity and study health disparities among diverse populations of the American Southwest.
The Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) received a $21 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to… Read more
What began as an innovative, ambitious project more than five years ago, the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative has now grown into a strong, effective team of faculty, staff, students and community organizations—all working together with a singular purpose—to increase basic… Read more
Through an innovative and dedicated team of faculty, staff, students and community organizations, the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative addresses health disparities among diverse populations in the southwestern U.S. through health equity research.
SHERC’s strength lies in its five organized… Read more
Investing in innovative research by early-stage investigators is an invaluable contribution of the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC).
SHERC will fund three major research projects, led by researchers Ricky Camplain, Emily Cope and Joseph Mihaljevic, that will improve health equity for people who are most underrepresented.
The projects are Camplain’s “Gender Differences in Physical Activity Opportunities… Read more