Learn more about CHER and SHERC’s $1.2 million in COVID-19 grants in our latest newsletter:
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NAU researchers receive grants for health equity work in the local community
Northern Arizona University’s Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) awarded Pilot Project Program research grants through its Pilot Project Program totaling $240,000 to four NAU faculty investigators conducting health equity… Read more
NAU researchers launch first large-scale study of tooth decay among preschoolers in southern Arizona, on island of Hawai’i
NAU News Feature
August 31, 2020
Nationally, rates of early childhood caries, or tooth decay, among Hispanic, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander children are almost double those of white children, making it the most prevalent chronic disease among these populations—occurring five times as frequently as asthma.
Researchers at Northern Arizona University… Read more
Pilot Project Program offers proposal submission information sessions
The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) Pilot Project Program (PPP) recently opened the call for pilot proposals for fiscal year 2022.
Applicants are encouraged to attend one of the Information Sessions scheduled on September 1, 2–3 p.m., or September 4, 11 a.m.–noon.
For Zoom link to one of the sessions, contact Christine.Smith@nau.edu. For complete details about SHERC’s Pilot Project Program and application process, please visit the PPP website.
Summer 2020 newsletter highlights COVID-19 response
Learn more about CHER and SHERC’s response to COVID-19 in our latest newsletter:
RIC creates new technical assistance group
Research Infrastructure Core (RIC) of the Southwest Heath Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) recently restructured and created a technical assistance group focused in four areas:
- assisting researchers with project design and statistical assistance
- creating a training program inside Northern Arizona University
- offering external training for investigators and multidisciplinary groups
- developing an assistance with collaboration between institutions
Research assistance
RIC core faculty and staff have a broad range… Read more
De Heer receives CCPS funding
Brooke de Heer and her community partner, Kate Wyatt received $5,000 from the SHERC Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) for their work with Flagstaff Initiative Against Trafficking (FIAT).
De Heer is an NAU assistant professor in criminology and criminal justice, and Wyatt, who founded FIAT three years ago, has worked with the Northland Family Help Center in Flagstaff for seven years.
By collaborating with… Read more
Health Equity during COVID-19
CHER works to address health equity during COVID-19 pandemic
When COVID-19 reached Arizona in early March, CHER and SHERC faculty and staff reached out into their community partners to see how they could assist.
Enlisting the help of faculty and administrative staff, the team worked nights and weekends to submit a half dozen proposals, totaling more than $6.6 million, now under review, for the southwest Indigenous nations, people facing substance abuse issues and underserved populations.
Regents’ Professor Julie Baldwin, director of CHER,… Read more
NAU epidemiologists make infectious disease bootcamp sessions available online
NAU News Feature
July 29, 2020
Though the COVID-19 quarantine has made it challenging for people to attend conferences and connect with colleagues, more than 100 individuals continued their professional and personal development through a four-part, online Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bootcamp that met each Tuesday in July.
Health care providers, faculty, students,… Read more
NAU faculty partners with local substance abuse treatment facility to assist families
NAU News Feature
July 16, 2020
Only 1 percent of substance abuse treatment facilities in the U.S. allow parents in treatment to keep custody of their children, despite research that proves successful recovery hinges on holding families together.
To address the issue in Flagstaff, Marca McCallie, a licensed therapist and a Northern Arizona University doctoral student in psychology, co-founded Sage Home residential treatment center in 2017 to assist people in recovery keep their families intact.
In 2018, McCallie… Read more