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Pilot Project Program supports new teams for 2026

Posted by Beck Thomas on March 27, 2026

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About the Investigator Development Core Pilot Project Program (PPP)

The SHERC Investigator Development Core Pilot Project Program (PPP) is designed to support early-stage investigators at NAU working in basic biomedical, clinical or behavioral health research. Projects supported under the PPP are provided with 2 years of funding to conduct a pilot project, with the purpose of generating data that strengthens competitiveness for NIH and other external funding opportunities. The project leads also take part… Read more

EGAnet Workshop Presenter

Posted by Beck Thomas on October 17, 2025

Heidi A Wayment, Ph.D.

Regents’ Professor, Psychological Sciences
Affiliate Faculty Interdisciplinary Health Ph.D. program
Member SHERC executive committee

Heidi A. Wayment, PhD earned her PhD in social psychology at UCLA, with emphases in health psychology and quantitative methods and recently earned an M.Sc. in Applied Data Science and Measurement from the University of Mannheim Business School. A successful teacher and scholar, she is… Read more

Public Health Data Workshop Presenters

Posted by Beck Thomas on October 7, 2025

Modernization Efforts to Improve Data Accessibility and Analyses with the Arizona Department of Health Services 

About the presenters

 

Matt Roach, MPH

A headshot of Matt RoachMatt Roach is the Vital Statistics Manager at the Arizona Department… Read more

The fall application period is open for the Community Campus Partnership Support Program!

Posted by Beck Thomas on August 28, 2025

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Missed the application period in the spring? SHERC is offering an accelerated version of the CCPS program and is now accepting applications for the Community Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) Program.

CCPS funds partnership building activities between NAU investigators and community partners with the goal of sparking collaborative health disparity research ideas. Participating partners will:

Powering Big Data for Bigger Discoveries

Posted by Beck Thomas on May 15, 2025

A computer port hub

SHERC-Funded Server Room Renovation Expands NAU’s Data Science Capacity

Northern Arizona University’s (NAU) capacity for data-driven research just got a major upgrade, thanks to a high-impact renovation project led by the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s (SHERC) Research Capacity Core (RCC). In effort to support researchers working with large and complex data sets, the RCC funded a comprehensive upgrade of NAU’s central server room. This critical infrastructure investment of nearly $500,000 will directly advance health research conducted by NAU.

The renovation,… Read more

Organización de la equidad y la inclusión – Organizing for Equity and Inclusion

Posted by Beck Thomas on December 2, 2024

 

In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15), the Fairness First Campaign hosted a bilingual event in partnership with the NAU Honors College and community organizers from the Northern Arizona Interfaith Council (NAIC).

Using a community organizing approach known as a house meeting,* NAIC’s Roxana Cardiel led a discussion with Dr. Leah Mundell of NAU’s Anthropology Department and community leaders Elsi Elena and María de Jesús Guillén on immigrant experiences in the Flagstaff community.

Through story sharing, Roxana, Leah,… Read more

SHERC awarded $700k award for data science

Posted by Beck Thomas on

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The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) has been awarded funding to enhance capacity for data science in health equity research.

The southwest region of the United States is a beautiful part of the country, filled with rich culture, incredible landscapes, and a strong need for health equity intervention. SHERC, the largest research initiative within the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER), specifically addresses health and wellness disparities through community-based research.

CHER is home to multiple grant-funded… Read more

On the horizon for TAG-SC: Expanding Access to Expertise and Technical Assistance Throughout Arizona

Posted by Beck Thomas on September 9, 2024

Christine Kirby and Mike Anastario, TAG Specialists, work through a technical problem together on a computer.

The Technical Assistance Group-Service Center (TAG-SC) is thrilled to announce the expansion of services beyond Northern Arizona University (NAU)!

The TAG-SC will be capable of supporting individuals, organizations, and businesses throughout Arizona with a variety of technical services – at low cost beginning August 1, 2024.

The TAG-SC is located within NAU’s Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) and is home to a dynamic and interdisciplinary group of scholars and experts eager to lend consultation and mentorship to their… Read more

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