Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative

Collaboration and clear communication can improve health equity, researchers find

Posted by ld583 on July 13, 2022

Health Disparities

The differences in health status and disease burden (e.g., lower quality of life, financial costs, and death) exist among specific populations based on social or demographic factors such as race and income.

Social Determinants of Health

The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age (e.g., air quality, schools, parks, jobs, housing conditions, etc.).

Health Equity

Health equity is when every person has a fair and equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible and no one is… Read more

Samarron featured in NAU Review

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MPH graduate ‘a transformative public health leader’ in focus on Latina immigrant health

 

Alexandra Samarron Longorio sits at her desk in the ARD building of Northern Arizona University. She has long, dark, curly hair, is smiling, and is wearing a green velvet short-sleeved shirt.
Alexandra Samarron Longorio, MPH

May 2, 2022

When Alexandra Samarron Longorio was in her early 20s, as a former undocumented student, she saw that attending college… Read more

Ladner develops method to detect complete history of viral exposures with a single test

Posted by ld583 on January 12, 2022

Funding for a Pilot Project Program through Northern Arizona University’s Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) allowed Jason Ladner, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, to develop a unique “technological toolbox” that can identify and characterize antibodies against many different viruses simultaneously rather than only one at… Read more

2021 Research Poster Presentation and Reception

Posted by ld583 on December 23, 2021

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… Read more

Funding faculty equipment purchases is a little-known but important SHERC mission

Posted by ld583 on July 22, 2021

Rebecca Bartlett performs flexible nasendoscopy on SimMan 3G to visualize the larynx on the screen.

For many Northern Arizona University researchers, the one thing that prevents them from completing groundbreaking research is the cost of equipment or programs needed to capture their data.

For the past five years, NAU’s Southwest Health Equity… Read more

Fairness First highlights Peter Friederici and NAU’s Sustainable Communities

Posted by ld583 on May 7, 2021

Friederici teaching in front of the Social and Behavioral Sciences building.

Northern Arizona University’s Department of Sustainable Communities has been inspiring and training students to make a difference in Flagstaff  and throughout Arizona in sustainability, civic engagement, interdisciplinary research and social justice work for more than 20 years.

Peter Friederici, director of Sustainable Communities… Read more

‘We Are Resilient’ project explores the wellbeing of Native American youth

Posted by ld583 on March 26, 2021

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Native American school aged children are represented among three high-incidence disability categories, which include specific learning disabilities, speech and language impairment, and other health impairments.

Darold H. Joseph, assistant professor in Northern Arizona University’s Departments of Educational Specialties & Teaching and Learning, and a team from NAU and… Read more

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