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Center for American Indian Resilience
NIMHD Exploratory Center Of Excellence
Principal Investigators/ Directors: Sanderson PhD and Teufel-Shone PhD
Executive Advisory Board
Co- Directors
Community Advisory Board
Community
Engagement & Outreach
Sanderson, PhD (NAU)*
Chico, MPH (UA)
Aim: Leverage existing and new tribal and institutional partnerships to establish and advisory board with expertise in community-based American Indian public health practice to build local capacity to integrate evidence-based models of resilience in 9-12 science education, health promotion and practice and health policy.
Coordinator:
Agnes Attakai, MPA
Student Interns:
Kee, B.S., Greyeyes, Becenti,
McKinley, B.S.
Research
Education & Training
Trujillo, PhD*
Hardy PhD (NAU)
Bauer, PhD (Diné College)
Ehiri, PhD (UA)
Aim: Use a summer research enhancement program that provides intensive research coursework and field experiences, graduate research assistantships an seminars to guide and cultivate the exploration an application of resilience models among predominantly American Indian undergraduate and graduate students at NAU, UA and Diné College.
Teufel-Shone, PhD (UA)*
Schwartz, PhD (NAU)
Aim: Use a CBPR approach to identify, assess, translate and apply models of resilience associated with positive outcomes in AIs.
Sub Projects (Yr 1-3)
NAU: Hardy, PhD & Begay, PhD
UA: Reinschmidt, PhD & Attakai, MPA
New Investigator Teams (Yr 3-5)
Yr 3 – 5 teams
Yr 4 – 6 teams
Yr 5 – 5 teams
Diversity Supplement
(UA) Whitewater
Administration
Teufel-Shone, PhD (UA)
Aim: Provide the administrative structure, coordination and resources for a trans-disciplinary, multi-institutional team to collectively advance resilience research, education and application for the purpose of reducing health disparities in American Indians (AIs).
Evaluation:
Laurila, MA
Rogers, MA
Intern
There is shift with leadership; we were able to maintain the leadership.
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