{"id":10536,"date":"2026-04-02T16:11:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/?page_id=10536"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:11:47","slug":"year-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/pilot-project-program\/year-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot Project Program, Year 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"PPY1\">Pilot Project Program, year 9<\/h2>\n<p><em>The SHERC Pilot Project Program funded four new pilot projects during the ninth annual cycle of the grant.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Pilot Projects<\/h3>\n<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/ppp-year-9-roddy-enhancing-health-in-rural-populations-music-as-therapy\/\">Enhancing Health in Rural Populations: Music as Therapy<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Ariel Roddy, PhD, Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-nau-blue\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/ppp-year-9-stone\/\">Improving Rocky Mountain spotted fever prevention through molecular epidemiology<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Nathan Stone, PhD, Principal Investigator<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>David M. Wagner, PhD, Co-Investigator<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Kathleen Walker, PhD, Co-Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-nau-yellow\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/ppp-year-9-hammer\">Identifying the Psychosocial Impact of Cancer on American Indian Cancer Patients<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Sheila Hammer, MSW, LCSW, Principal Investigator<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Steven Barger, PhD, Co-Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/ppp-year-9-smith\/\"><strong>Hopi-NAU Collaboration: Piloting the \u00d6\u00f6qalat&#8217; Qa&#8217;tsit Yesni Health Curriculum<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Melinda Smith, PhD, Principal Investigator<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Darold Joseph, PhD, Co-Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/pilot-project-program\/\">Back to Pilot Project Program<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top of page<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\"><!-- shortcode-contact -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-contact\">\n    <div class=\"contact-header\">\n        <h3>Pilot Project Inquiries<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                <a href=\"mailto:Christine.Smith@nau.edu\" aria-label=\"Pilot Project Inquiries: Email Address\" title=\"Email Address\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Email:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-email\">Christine.Smith&#8203;@nau.edu<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                        <a href=\"tel:928-523-5297\" aria-label=\"Pilot Project Inquiries: Telephone Number\" title=\"Telephone Number\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-phone\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Call:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-phone\">928-523-5297<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pilot Project Program, year 9 The SHERC Pilot Project Program funded four new pilot projects during the ninth annual cycle of the grant. Pilot Projects Back to Pilot Project Program Back to top of page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":782,"featured_media":9922,"parent":2273,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10536"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10539,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10536\/revisions\/10539"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}