INSPIRE - Executive Committee
December 7, 2020
Denise Walker, PhD
Judith Tsui, MD, MPH
August 16, 2018
Mike Spencer, PhD, MSW (Native Hawaiian)
August 7, 2017
Jane Simoni, PhD
Jane M. Simoni, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and a Director of Clinical Training in the Departments of Psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle. She directs the Behavioral Science Core of the UW CFAR. Her research has focused on behavioral aspects of HIV treatment, with NIMH-funded intervention studies in New York City, Seattle,…
July 10, 2017
David Huh, PhD
David is a clinical and quantitative psychologist. His research focuses on the evaluation of evidence-based interventions for AIAN and other underrepresented populations and the development of longitudinal statistical methodology for evaluating health and health-related outcomes.
Cynthia R. Pearson, PhD
Research Associate Professor Cynthia R. Pearson is the Associate Director of the Research Core and Director of the Methods Core at the Interdisciplinary Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI, P60MD006909), where she collaborates with Indigenous scholars in the development of research policies and directs iterative data analysis on historical and cultural determinants of physical and mental health among…
July 7, 2017
Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)
Associate Professor Tessa Evans-Campbell is the director of the School’s MSW program. She completed her BA in art history at the University of Washington and her MSW at the University of California Los Angeles. Her research interests focus on historical trauma, resistance and healing; cultural buffers of trauma; substance use and mental health; and indigenous…
April 6, 2017
Karina L. Walters, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Biography Karina L. Walters, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, is the Associate Dean for Research, the Katherine Hall Chambers Scholar, and the Co-Director and Principal Investigator of the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI; NIMHD P60MD006909). IWRI is one of 16 National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities Comprehensive Centers of…
April 5, 2017
Bonnie Duran, DrPH (Opelousas/Coushatta)
Bonnie Duran has worked in public health education, evaluation, program planning and research with Native Americans and other communities of color for 35 years. For the past 10 years, she has been studying the prevalence of mental disorders, victimization risk factors and treatment of Native American women who use Indian Health Service primary care facilities…
