According to a study by the Pew Research Center, about half of lower-income Americans report household job or wage loss due to COVID-19. Many partner organizations of the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER)… Read more
When the novel coronavirus came to Flagstaff in March, Samantha Sabo immediately acted to help Coconino County Health and Human Services.
Within a week, she organized two teams of faculty, staff and student volunteers from Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) based on the immediate needs… Read more
Amit Kumar was recently awarded the 2020 Elizabeth & Sidney Licht Award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Awards Committee and the Archives editorial board.
Kumar is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and the Center for Health Equity Research. The award was for his publication titled “Use of Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Services… Read more
Are you an NAU researcher who has a community partner or would like to expand on a relationship with a potential community partner to improve health equity? SHERC’s Community Engagement Core, through its Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS), is offering up to $5,000 to assist community-campus partnership projects. Applications are due by May 15, 2020, at… Read more
To assist partnerships between NAU researchers and community organizations with funding, the Southwest Health Equity Collaborative’s (SHERC) Community Engagement Core has opened the fifth round of their Community-Campus Partnership (CCPS) applications for up to $5,000 per year. NAU investigators and postdoctoral researchers may apply between March 13 and May 15 at 5 p.m.
For more information, please visit… Read more
Would you like to talk about your Alzheimer’s disease or dementia caregiving experience? Researchers from the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) are conducting a study that will identify the needs and assets of diverse caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s and related dementias (ADRD) in northern Arizona.
The multi-disciplinary research team received a one-year, $374,906 administrative supplement… Read more