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Posted by ld583 on September 16, 2021

Health inequities in a time of COVID-19

According to a study by the Pew Research Center, about half of lower-income Americans report household job or wage loss due to COVID-19. Many partner organizations of the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) are feeling the pandemic.

Heather Williamson, assistant professor for CHER and the Department of Occupational Therapy, said that people living with disabilities face many challenges associated with COVID-19.

“Students with disabilities and their families are facing challenges… Read more

Health Justice Futures holds first spotlight series on Sept. 29

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Join Health Justice Futures in a online conversation with indigenous visual artists, Liva’ndrea Knoki and Garrett Etsitty, who will discuss the beauty of art in mobilizing indigenous communities, the power of visibility, and what health justice means in the context of indigenous sovereignty, gender, housing and settler colonialism.

This event is part of bi-monthly virtual evening art & lit mixers. This series seeks to elevate community-grounded conversations on the various factors that influence health justice and fairness for communities in… Read more

Funding faculty equipment purchases is a little-known but important SHERC mission

Posted by ld583 on July 22, 2021

Rebecca Bartlett performs flexible nasendoscopy on SimMan 3G to visualize the larynx on the screen.

For many Northern Arizona University researchers, the one thing that prevents them from completing groundbreaking research is the cost of equipment or programs needed to capture their data.

For the past five years, NAU’s Southwest Health Equity… Read more

Teufel-Shone collaborates with 18 research centers in US minority institutions to develop community engagement models

Posted by ld583 on June 22, 2021

Nicolette Teufel-Shone, associate director of the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research and co-lead for the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, recently collaborated with researchers from 18 of the 25 Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI) in the US to publish  Community Engagement Practices at Research Institutions: Priority Populations… Read more

Fairness First highlights Peter Friederici and NAU’s Sustainable Communities

Posted by ld583 on May 7, 2021

Friederici teaching in front of the Social and Behavioral Sciences building.

Northern Arizona University’s Department of Sustainable Communities has been inspiring and training students to make a difference in Flagstaff  and throughout Arizona in sustainability, civic engagement, interdisciplinary research and social justice work for more than 20 years.

Peter Friederici, director of Sustainable Communities… Read more

Camplain, Lindly receive Researcher of the Year for Health Sciences; O’Connor receives Innovator of the Year

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From left, Ricky Camplain, Olivia Lindly, and Bretannia O’Conner

Ricky Camplain and Olivia Lindly both received the Northern Arizona University Researcher of the Year for Health Sciences, and Brettania O’Connor was named Innovator of the Year at the recommendation of the Honors and Scholarship committee.

Camplain is an assistant professor in Northern Arizona University’s Department of Health Sciences and epidemiologist at the Read more

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