INSPIRE - Scientific and Community Leadership Council
December 7, 2020
Lonnie Nelson, PhD

Denise A. Dillard, PhD

December 4, 2020
Tommi Gaines, PhD

August 15, 2017
Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell, PhD

Dr. Whitesell’s work focuses on child and adolescent development within the contexts of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities. Her research projects apply developmental science to inform preventive interventions to improve outcomes for both young children (birth to five years) and young adolescents (10 to 14 years). Through her leadership role in the Tribal…
Roberto E. Orellana, PhD

Dr. Roberto Orellana is Associate Professor of Social Work at Portland State University (PSU), where he is also affiliate faculty in the School of Community Health and the Department of Indigenous Nations Studies. Throughout his doctoral program and early scholarly activities, Dr. Orellana has gained experience in global health research, especially on the science of…
August 3, 2017
Melissa L. Walls PhD (Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nations Anishinabe)

Melissa L. Walls Ph.D. (Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nations Anishinabe) is a social scientist committed to collaborative research and has over a decade of experience working with tribal communities in the United States and Canada. Her involvement in community-based participatory research (CBPR) projects to date includes mental health epidemiology; culturally-relevant, family-based substance use prevention…
July 28, 2017
John Lowe, PhD (Cherokee)

Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

Geri Donenberg, PhD

July 26, 2017
Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)

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