Fairness First Blog

Voices in community-grounded health research

The Fairness First blog is an online publication focusing on health research topics and the people behind health disparity research and partnerships. Readers will find short discussions, interviews, and stories from community members, researchers, and students. Contributors share stories about themselves, how they connect to their work, and why their research matters.

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TJ (left) and Sheila (right) pose for a picture together

Finding Solutions for Cancer Care through Partnership

Sheila Hammer and Tanya “TJ” Riggs
May 16, 2025

Youth riders biking in on a trail in scenic Flagstaff, Arizona.

Riding Together: The Power of Mountain Biking in Youth Development

Katherine Mommaerts and Hannah Hendrickson
March 7, 2025

Anthropology and Public Health: Levers for Change

Kelly Laurila and Mark Remiker
February 20, 2025

Dr. Bautista's Stress and Health Equity Lab at the National Hispanic Science Network conference in New Orleans 2024.

Mental Wellness and Stress: Bridging Gaps Through Cultural Awareness

Researchers from NAU’s Stress and Health Equity Lab
January 31, 2025

Reflections on Community Health Research: Looking Back to Look Ahead

Samantha Sabo
December 19, 2024

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Community Outreach: meeting with the Flagstaff Superintendent.

Empoderando Voces Comunitarias: Colaboración y Abogacía para y por las Familias Inmigrantes

Empowering Community Voices: Collaboration and Advocacy for and by Immigrant Families

Students in the physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, and physician assistant programs pose with faculty mentors.

Celebrating Collaboration: Creative Partnership

Weaving together clinical education and patient care

Eric provided a brain health workshop at Yarnell Regional Community Center in Yarnell.

Creating Good Days

Researchers from the Healthy Aging Lab

 

Using Play to Address Health Inequities

Researchers from the Playful Health Technology Lab

 

Rebecca Annorbah smiling for a photo.

Improving Women’s Health During and After Incarceration

Rebecca Annorbah

Dr. Emily Cope at work in the lab.

Celebrating Women in STEM

Emily Cope, Katie Conn, Daisy Barroso, and Jaliyah McNeil

Regina Eddie

Addressing wellness in Navajo schools and promoting Native American representation in health sciences

Regina Eddie

 

A headshot of Alex Olin who has red hair and is against a blue background

Student Researchers Spotlight

Alexandra Olin

 

A composite graphic with the AZALEA (Arizona Alliance on LGBTQS2 Equity in Aging. There are photos of Tena Alonzo and Megan McCoy.How the dynamics between LGBTQ2S+ individuals and their peers in senior living communities affects LGBTQ2S+ care access with Megan McCoy

Megan McCoy and Tena Alonzo

 

Amanda Hunter who has long brown hair, is wearing a white shirt with a pink flower on it, against a city street backdrop

Native Spirit: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a culturally grounded after-school program with Amanda Hunter

Amanda Hunter

Caroline at her hooding ceremony. From left: Caroline’s parents (Cathy and Chris Mende), Caroline, and Caroline’s advisor Dr. Melissa Liebert.

Introducing Caroline Mende, SHERC’s New Research Coordinator

Caroline Mende

SHERC Community Expert Board Spotlight: Kalvina Belin

Why I advocate for early childhood health and education in Arizona as a tribal liaison

Kalvina Belin

SHERC Community Expert Board Spotlight: Jon Meyers

Advocating for Arizonans with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Jon Meyers

Organisms, chemical environments and health

Matt Salanga

Vaccine design, health disparities and public health research

Naomi Lee

Health research and infectious diseases

Jason Ladner

Health research, climate, wildlife and human disease systems

Joseph Mihaljevic
May 10, 2022

Healthy soils and health research

Anita Antoninka
April 27, 2022

Emily Cope smiles in her lab. She is wearing a white lab coat and is wearing glasses and latex gloves and holding a dropper and a test tube.

Health research, disease and gut microbiome

Emily Cope
March 1, 2022

Bridget Barker poses with one of her students in a lab wearing white powered air purifying respirators.

Health research and Valley fever

Bridget Barker
January 28, 2022

Barrels on the Navajo Nation that are painted with graffiti art, which includes birds and an arm pointed vertically with a hand in a fist that says "Power to the Patients."

Health research for children with special health care needs

Olivia Lindly
December 7, 2021

Heather Williamson is sitting at a long rectangular table with colleagues from a high school in Flagstaff. They are all smiling and laughing as she gestures and tells a story.

Health research and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Heather Williamson
November 21, 2021

Catrin Edgeley holds a map with an unidentified man who is pointing to a place on the map. They are standing in front of a group of trees in the Southwest with sand around..

How do wildfires affect health research?

Catrin Edgeley
Sept. 29, 2021

 

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