Fairness First episode 2, titled “What are Community-Campus Partnerships,” is now available on our website, on iTunes, Podbean, and other listening apps.
In the episode, Carmenlita Chief and Alexandra Samarron discuss community-campus partnerships with Emery Eaves, medical anthropologist (Northern Arizona University), Rita Wright, assistant clinical professor in the Department of Social Work (NAU) and community… Read more
Amit Kumar was recently awarded the 2020 Elizabeth & Sidney Licht Award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Awards Committee and the Archives editorial board.
Kumar is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research. The award was for his publication titled “Use of Hospital-Based… Read more
Northern Arizona University’s Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) awarded Pilot Project Program research grants totaling $180,000 to four NAU junior faculty investigators conducting health equity research in the areas of biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences.
This year’s award recipients are Naomi Lee, an assistant professor in… Read more
Family caregivers provide the bulk of care to individuals with Alzheimer’s and similar conditions. These intense responsibilities cause many caregivers to experience high rates of chronic stress, anxiety, depression, and physical health conditions. The symptoms intensify for caregivers of diverse and rural backgrounds who have fewer means to access health and support resources, according to past research.
A multi-disciplinary research team with the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative received… Read more
What is health equity, anyway? Researchers from Northern Arizona University’s Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) are helping listeners to find out through a new podcast series “Fairness First.”
The podcast is part of the Community Engagement Core (CEC) of the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC), which is a grant initiative under CHER. One of the objectives… Read more
Kerry Bennett
Office of the Vice President for Research
A region of vast expanses and unparalleled natural beauty, the southwestern United States is a land of harsh socioeconomic realities for many, especially for underserved Native American and Hispanic populations. The Southwest has some of the highest poverty rates in the country, some of the lowest rates of health care access and a widespread incidence of serious chronic diseases, infectious diseases and behavioral health problems.
Health disparities—defined by Healthy People 2020 as… Read more