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 AwardFor 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
Learn more about C-CART’s partnership with North Country HealthCare, C-CART scholars first conference and other stories featured in our April 2022 CHER/SHERC newsletter.
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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.
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
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