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Hardy’s workshop shows researchers how to get their work published in mainstream media

Have you ever read a news story that you knew, as a researcher, contained inaccurate information?… Read more

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

May 2, 2022

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

Amanda Hunter is the first NAU postdoc to receive an NIH Pathway to Independence Award

For Amanda Hunter, an Indigenous scholar from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, empowering American Indian teens to embrace their cultural values and practices has been her mission as a graduate student and now as… Read more

When COVID-19 first began spreading in Arizona communities, North Country HealthCare (NCHC) was ready.

The healthcare center was one of the stellar organizations that quickly responded to the crisis and assisted in guiding people to health and safety, and they have continued their much-needed care throughout the long pandemic.

“NCHC is an extremely valuable health resource in northern Arizona, providing accessible and culturally competent care to diverse communities… Read more

Successfully guiding Diné youth toward health and public health professions begins with two important ideas––start students in a program in high school and cultivate in them a love and understanding of their own cultural, strength-based assets.

Researchers from Diné College and Northern Arizona University explored these findings and other lessons in their recently released publication, “Engaging Native American High School Students in Public Health Career Preparation Through the Indigenous Summer… Read more

Grant D. Crawford, Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla.
March 3, 2022

While health officials have worked to reduce HIV transmission throughout the country, some areas of the U.S. are still impacted more than… Read more

Learn more about the importance of our community partner collaborations to address the effects of chemical toxicants on Yuma farmworkers and other stories featured in our February 2022 CHER/SHERC newsletter.

Bridget Barker is a research-intensive associate professor in NAU’s Department of Biological Sciences. Her research focus is the ecology/genomics of human pathogens Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii.

Q. How would you describe your research and why it matters?

A. I study a fungus that causes a disease- the fungus is actually 2 species: Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii. The disease is Coccidioidomycosis, but we use the common name:… Read more

Why is the field of biostatistics important to health equity? Indrakshi Roy, PhD, biostatistician for the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) and the Southwest Health Equity Collaborative (SHERC), believes that with the advancement of various technologies, analysis of data is becoming the cornerstone… Read more