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
If you’ve been following the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, you may know the center offers mentorship opportunities, health equity project funding, community networking opportunities and countless workshops on everything from manuscript writing to learning power analysis.
How can you join SHERC’s work or advance your career path to include health equity?
Following… Read more
Behind every effective health equity research center is a strong advisory committee. To form an effective advisory team, Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) leaders brought together experts from across the country to assist the center in reaching its specific aims, milestones and evaluation benchmarks during the next five years.
The… Read more
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
AZ Business Magazine
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 Community Health… Read more
In the latest Fairness First “Health Equity Voices” podcast, Deborah Harris told host Alexandra Samarron Longorio that a friend had given her a pendant engraved with, “For such a time as this.”
That inscription aptly defines the community advocate’s work promoting equity and inclusion for all in Flagstaff, especially for those who are underrepresented, through her work as executive… Read more
One of the keys to successful research is having an opportunity to present your work at conferences and other important meetings to disseminate your results.
The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s Community-Campus Dissemination Support funded six Northern Arizona University researchers with up to $2,000 each to travel to a conference or meeting to present the outcomes from their SHERC-funded… Read more
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The Center for Community Health and Engaged Research and the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative welcome new and current students to the fall 2022 semester. Read below for more information on them and find out what motivated them to want to earn a degree in public health.
Adriana Aboagye
Hometown: Assin Foso, Ghana
Program: Master of Public Health
Graduation… Read more
Getting children to brush their teeth daily—let alone… Read more