Why is the field of biostatistics important to health equity? Indrakshi Roy, PhD, biostatistician for the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Southwest Health Equity Collaborative (SHERC), believes that with the advancement of various technologies, analysis of data is becoming the cornerstone for policy… Read more
Skyler Bordeaux, student in the Northern Arizona University’s Master of Public Health-Health Promotion Program, was recently awarded the Distinguished Graduate Student for both the Department of Health Sciences and the MPH–Indigenous Health program.
“The news of the awards literally took my breath away as I read the award email,” he said. “I… Read more
Maureen McGarrity-Yoder and her community partner, Alicia Rodriguez Pla, received $5,000 in funding from the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s (SHERC) Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) for developing their partnership for collaborative work addressing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), associations with nutrition, microbiome health and function, and disease activity, especially in people who are underrepresented in… Read more
The founders and co-hosts of the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s Fairness First podcast, Carmenlita Chief and Alexandra Samarron Longorio, are venturing into a new podcast format called “Health Equity Chitchat.”
In the span of about 30 minutes, the co-hosts discuss and unpack a critical scholarly publication produced by people identifying as queer or women of color, while also highlighting how the scholarship and knowledge can be applied to… Read more
Learn more about Jason Ladner’s Pilot Project Program and other stories featured in our January 2022 CHER/SHERC newsletter.
The Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Southwest Health Equity Research Center (SHERC ) Research Infrastructure Core recently created a Technical Assistance Group (TAG) Service Center to assist Northern Arizona University faculty and staff with their research questions.
The TAG Service Center has assembled… Read more