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NAU research collaborative receives $21M grant to continue pioneering work into health equity in the Southwest
(Feature from the NAU Review by Heidi Toth)
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 and Engaged Research (CHER) received a $21 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health… Read more
SHERC: 5 years of growth, synergy and collaboration
What began as an innovative, ambitious project more than five years ago, the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative has now grown into a strong, effective team of faculty, staff, students and community organizations—all working together with a singular purpose—to increase basic biomedical, clinical, and behavioral research at NAU to address health disparities among diverse populations of the southwestern United States.
Under the leadership of Regents’ Professor Julie Baldwin, director of NAU’s Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER), SHERC… Read more
How is SHERC’s work done? Through 5 dynamic cores
Through an innovative and dedicated team of faculty, staff, students and community organizations, the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative addresses health disparities among diverse populations in the southwestern U.S. through health equity research.
SHERC’s strength lies in its five organized… Read more
SHERC renewal features 3 projects focused on health equity
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
We’re renewed! Now, what can SHERC do for you?
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
SHERC’s advisory committee: invaluable experts that offer SHERC indispensable advice
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
SHERC featured in AZ Big Media
NAU earns $21M grant to continue work into health equity in the Southwest
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
September 2022 CHER/SHERC news
Check out the CHER/SHERC’s September 2022 newsletter.
Includes features on:
- More resources are needed to assist detention center officers, according to study
- Project addresses H. pylori on Navajo Nation
- Collaboration is key to ending oral health inequities
- Researchers receive conference funding
- TAG offers publications assistance
- Student Spotlight: Jeffersson Brasil Pires Dos Santos
- C-CART welcomes new scholars
- CHER and SHERC… Read more
Latest Fairness First podcast examines history of the Black community and health equity in Flagstaff
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