Partnerships

IWRI

Advisory Members


ETHICS - Community Panel

The community panel consists of AIAN community members who have partnered with academic institutions on NIH-funded research grants.

CeCe Big Crow (Oglala Lakota)

Board Secretary, The Visions of SuAnne Big Crow, Inc.

Brenda Dial Deese, PhD (Lumbee Tribe)

Project Site Coordinator, Intertribal Talking Circle for the Prevention of Substance Abuse in Native Youth

Amanda Gaston, MAT (Zuni Pueblo)

Project Manager for Native It’s Your Game, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Vanessa Hiratsuka, PHD, MPH

Senior Researcher, Southcentral Foundation

Lynnette Jordan (Ojibwe & Colville)

Interim Director of Operations and Director of Family Services, United Indians of All Tribes Foundation

Billie Jo Kipp, PhD

Associate Director, Research and Evaluation, Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute

Travis L. Lane (Navajo/Southern Ute)

Assistant Director, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.

Beverly Patchell, PhD, APRN, CNS, PMH-BC (Cherokee/Creek)

Past President, National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association

Assistant Professor (Retired), University of Utah College of Nursing

Antony Stately, PhD (Ojibwe/Oneida)

CEO, Native American Community Clinic

Emily White Hat, JD (Sicangu Lakota/ Rosebud Sioux Tribe)

Project Evaluator, Sanford Research/USD (Sioux Falls, SD)

ETHICS – Academic Panel

The Academic Panel consists of AIAN scholars and Allies who have conducted NIH-funded research with AIAN communities

Jyoti Angal, MPH, CIP

Director, Regulatory Knowledge Core within the Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health

Julie Baldwin, PhD

Regents' Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University

Director, Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University

Ronny A. Bell, PhD, MS

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Forest School of Medicine

Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Forest School of Medicine

Jada L. Brooks, PhD, MSPH, RN (Lumbee)

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Daniel Dickerson, DO, MPH, (Inupiaq)

Associate Research Psychiatrist, UCLA, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Rodney C. Haring, PhD, MSW

Research Faculty, Roswell Park Cancer Institute in the Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research, Cancer Prevention, and Population Sciences

Scarlett Hopkins, RN, MA

Community Engagement & Clinical Support Core Director, Center for Alaska Native Health research

Research Associate, Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Lee Anne Nichols PhD, RN (Cherokee)

Associate Professor, University of Tulsa Health Science Center School of Nursing

Tassy Parker, PhD, RN

Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Associate Professor of Nursing, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Irene Vernon, PhD (Mescalero Apache/Yaqui/Mexicana descent)

Professor and Chair, Department of Ethnic Studies (retired), Colorado State University

Melissa L. Walls PhD (Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nations Anishinabe)

Director, Great Lakes Hub for the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health

Associate Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

IHART2 - Scientific Community Leadership Council

The IHART2 Scientific and Community Leadership Council (SCLC) guides the scientific and cultural curriculum, sets an intellectual standard, and creates a reciprocal learning culture for the Lauhoe program. Members of the SCLC meet twice per year (once in person and once via teleconference) to review the overall Lauhoe program, not only in relation to scientific and training activities, but also in relation to advancing knowledge that is culturally relevant and accessible to communities, public policy makers and governmental officials. The SCLC also makes recommendations to the Administrative Core regarding program activities.

Julie Baldwin, PhD

Regents' Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University

Director, Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University

Geri Donenberg, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago

Co-Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Director, Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science and the Healthy Youths Program, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

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

Co-director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work

Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI

J. Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, PhD

Associate Professor and Chair of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Lana Kaʻopua, PhD

Associate Professor , Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work University of Hawaii at Manoa

Carol Kaufman, PhD

Associate Professor, Community & Behavioral Health, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver

Spero Manson, PhD (Pembina Chippewa)

Distinguished Professor, Community and Behavioral Health, University of Colorado Denver

Director, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health Colorado School of Public Health University of Colorado Denver

Renee Masching, MSW (First Nations Canada)

Director of Research & Policy, Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network

Tooru Nemoto, PhD

Research Program Director , Public Health Institute

Steven Safren, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology University of Miami

Jane Simoni, PhD

Director, NIH, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

David Takeuchi, PhD

Professor and Dorothy Book Scholar, School of Social Work Boston College

Irene Vernon, PhD (Mescalero Apache/Yaqui/Mexicana descent)

Professor and Chair, Department of Ethnic Studies (retired), Colorado State University

Frank Wong, PhD

Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences/Health Education Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

IHART2- Native Community Advisory Expert Panel

Members of the IHART2 Native Community Advisory Expert Panel (NCAEP) review the overall Lauhoe curriculum in relation to advancing knowledge that is culturally relevant and accessible to communities and tribes. The NCAEP makes recommendations regarding the program’s cultural mentorship activities and training curricula and ensures that the Lauhoe program remains responsive to pressing Native community needs. The NCAEP provides cultural leadership, mentorship, and guidance on the research training curriculum and Lauhoe cultural mentorship protocols; identifies tribally and community-based topics for research in partnership with tribes and Native communities; provides feedback on developing tribally-based research protocols for inclusion in IHART2 trainings; and provides general feedback on Lauhoe protocols and procedures. Additionally, when desired, they may provide cultural mentorship or consultation to trainees.

Tom Ball, PhD (Modoc/Klamath)

Research Coordinator, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

Stephanie Craig Rushing

Director, Project Red Talon Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB)

Fransing Daisy, PhD (Cree)

Coordinator, American Indian/Alaska Native Programs Northwest AIDS Education and Training Center

Sharon Day (Boise Fort Ojibwe)

Executive Director , Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF)

Tiny Devlin (Athabascan)

Elder and HIV/AIDS Educator , (retired)

Melvin Harrison (Navajo/Dine)

Founder and Executive Director, Navajo AIDS Network

Ashliana Hawelu-Fulgoni

Co-founder and Executive Director, Kulia Na Mamo

Hamen Ides, (Lummi)

Founder and Executive Director, Ti-Chee Native AIDS Prevention

Cathy Kiana Keiko Kapua

HIV Prevention Specialist, Life Foundation

Sarah Kastelic (Alutiiq)

Chief of Staff, National Indian Child Welfare Association

Elton Naswood (Navajo/Diné)

Project Coordinator, Red Circle Project, AIDS Project Los Angeles

Member, Community Advisory Council for the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center

Harlan Pruden (First Nations Cree)

Managing Editor, TwoSpiritJournal.com

Antony Stately, PhD (Ojibwe/Oneida)

CEO, Native American Community Clinic

Lisa Tiger (Muscogee Nation)

Activist and Native leader in AIDS education,

Patsy Whitefoot, MA (Yakama/Diné)

Palatisha Miyanashma Indian Education, Toppenish School District Toppenish, Washington

INSPIRE - Executive Committee

Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)

Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Charles O. Cressey Endowed Associate Prof., School of Social Work, University of Washington

tecamp@uw.edu

David Huh, PhD

Director, Methods Division

Research Assistant Professor, IWRI Research Core

dhuh@uw.edu

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

Co-director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work

Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI

E. Roberto Orellana, PhD

Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Director , LUNA Program

Affiliated Faculty, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

PhD Program Director, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Cynthia R. Pearson, PhD

Director of Research, IWRI

Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Univeristy of Washington

pearsonc@uw.edu

Judith Tsui, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Washington

Denise Walker, PhD

Research Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington

INSPIRE - Native Expert Community Advisory Panel

Danica Brown, PhD, MSW (Choctaw)

Behavioral Health Manager, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Pilot Project, Every Day is Ceremony: Accessing Traditional Indigenous Knowledge to Heal Trauma and Improve Health and Wellbeing in Tribal Communities

Primary mentor, Melissa Walls, PhD, Associate Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Fransing Daisy, PhD (Cree)

Coordinator, American Indian/Alaska Native Programs Northwest AIDS Education and Training Center

Sharon Day (Boise Fort Ojibwe)

Executive Director , Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF)

Hamen Ides, (Lummi)

Founder and Executive Director, Ti-Chee Native AIDS Prevention

INSPIRE - Scientific and Community Leadership Council

Julie Baldwin, PhD

Regents' Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University

Director, Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University

Denise A. Dillard, PhD

Director of Research, Southcentral Foundation

, Native-CHART, Washington State University

Geri Donenberg, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago

Co-Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Director, Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science and the Healthy Youths Program, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Bonnie Duran, DrPH (Opelousas/Coushatta)

Director, IWRI Center for Indigenous Health Research (ret'd)

Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington (ret'd)

bonduran@uw.edu

Tommi Gaines, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego

Lonnie Nelson, PhD

Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Washington State University

Douglas Novins, MD

Professor, Psychiatry-NATP, School of Medicine, University of Colorado

Scott Okamoto PH.D., MSW

Professor, School of Social Work, Hawai'i Pacific University

Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington

Director, Seven Directions, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors

myrap@uw.edu

Randall C. Swaim, PhD

Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University

Kamilla Venner, PhD

Associate Professor, Psychology, University of New Mexico

Melissa L. Walls PhD (Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nations Anishinabe)

Director, Great Lakes Hub for the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health

Associate Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell, PhD

Associate Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

INSPIRE - Scientific Mentor Network

Ramona Beltrán, PhD, MSW (Chicana, Indigenous Mexican descent)

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver

Peter Mataira, PhD (Maori)

MSW Program Director and Associate Professor, Hawai'i Pacific University College of Health and Society - School of Social Work

pmataira@hpu.edu

ISMART-Scientific Mentor Network

Ramona Beltrán, PhD, MSW (Chicana, Indigenous Mexican descent)

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver

Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)

Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Charles O. Cressey Endowed Associate Prof., School of Social Work, University of Washington

tecamp@uw.edu

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

Co-director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work

Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI

Jane Simoni, PhD

Director, NIH, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

Melissa L. Walls PhD (Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nations Anishinabe)

Director, Great Lakes Hub for the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health

Associate Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Karina L. Walters, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

Director, NIH Tribal Health Research Office (THRO)

kw5@uw.edu

Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell, PhD

Associate Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Itza - Advisory Committee

Karina L. Walters, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

Director, NIH Tribal Health Research Office (THRO)

kw5@uw.edu

Itza - Scientific Community Leadership Council

The Itzá (IHART3) Scientific and Community Leadership Council (SCLC) guides the scientific and cultural curriculum, sets an intellectual standard, and creates a reciprocal learning culture for the Lauhoe program. Members of the SCLC meet twice per year (once in person and once via teleconference) to review the overall Itzá program, not only in relation to scientific and training activities, but also in relation to advancing knowledge that is culturally relevant and accessible to communities, public policy makers and governmental officials. The SCLC also makes recommendations to the Administrative Core regarding program activities.

Julie Baldwin, PhD

Regents' Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University

Director, Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University

Ramona Beltrán, PhD, MSW (Chicana, Indigenous Mexican descent)

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver

Geri Donenberg, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago

Co-Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Director, Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science and the Healthy Youths Program, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Hamen Ides, (Lummi)

Founder and Executive Director, Ti-Chee Native AIDS Prevention

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

Co-director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work

Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI

Joseph Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, PhD

Associate Professor and Chair of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Lana Kaʻopua, PhD

Associate Professor , Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work University of Hawaii at Manoa

Tooru Nemoto, PhD

Research Program Director , Public Health Institute

Melissa L. Walls PhD (Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nations Anishinabe)

Director, Great Lakes Hub for the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health

Associate Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Frank Wong, PhD

Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences/Health Education Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Itza - Scientific Mentor Network

The Scientific Mentor Network mentors are on stand-by to be matched as mentors to IHART3-Itza Fellows and to participate in the summer institute on an as-needed basis. The six SMN mentors listed here are experienced, biomedical, behavioral, and social scientists with expertise in health and/or health disparities and who have extensive mentorship or leadership experience in Indigenous communities.

Tommi Gaines, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego

Carol Kaufman, PhD

Associate Professor, Community & Behavioral Health, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver

Renee Masching, MSW (First Nations Canada)

Director of Research & Policy, Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network

Steven Safren, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology University of Miami

Itza- Native Community Advisory Expert Panel

Members of the Itzá (IHART3) Native Community Advisory Expert Panel (NCAEP) review the overall Lauhoe curriculum in relation to advancing knowledge that is culturally relevant and accessible to communities and tribes. The NCAEP makes recommendations regarding the program’s cultural mentorship activities and training curricula and ensures that the Itzá program remains responsive to pressing Native community needs. The NCAEP provides cultural leadership, mentorship, and guidance on the research training curriculum and Itzá cultural mentorship protocols; identifies tribally and community-based topics for research in partnership with tribes and Native communities; provides feedback on developing tribally-based research protocols for inclusion in Itzá trainings, and provides general feedback on Itzá protocols and procedures. Additionally, when desired, they may provide cultural mentorship or consultation to trainees.

Fransing Daisy, PhD (Cree)

Coordinator, American Indian/Alaska Native Programs Northwest AIDS Education and Training Center

Sharon Day (Boise Fort Ojibwe)

Executive Director , Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF)

Melvin Harrison (Navajo/Dine)

Founder and Executive Director, Navajo AIDS Network

Ashliana Hawelu-Fulgoni

Co-founder and Executive Director, Kulia Na Mamo

Cathy Kiana Keiko Kapua

HIV Prevention Specialist, Life Foundation

Elton Naswood (Navajo/Diné)

Project Coordinator, Red Circle Project, AIDS Project Los Angeles

Member, Community Advisory Council for the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center

Harlan Pruden (First Nations Cree)

Managing Editor, TwoSpiritJournal.com

Antony Stately, PhD (Ojibwe/Oneida)

CEO, Native American Community Clinic

Lisa Tiger (Muscogee Nation)

Activist and Native leader in AIDS education,

LUNA - Advisory Committee

Julie Baldwin, PhD

Regents' Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University

Director, Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University

Magaly Blas, MD, PhD

Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health, School of Public Heath, University of Washington

Médico Epidemióloga, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Maria J. Brunette, PH.D.

Associate Professor, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University

Pamela Collins, MD

Professor, Global Health, University of Washington

Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington

Deepa Rao, PhD

Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Global Health, University of Washington

Jane Simoni, PhD

Director, NIH, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

Claire Townsend Ing, MPH, DrPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, UH Manoa

LUNA - Executive Committee

Bonnie Duran, DrPH (Opelousas/Coushatta)

Director, IWRI Center for Indigenous Health Research (ret'd)

Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington (ret'd)

bonduran@uw.edu

Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)

Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Charles O. Cressey Endowed Associate Prof., School of Social Work, University of Washington

tecamp@uw.edu

J. Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, PhD

Associate Professor and Chair of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Biraj Karmacharya Ph.D.

Regional Partnerships Director & Chief Department of Community Programs, Dhulikhel Hospital-Kathmandu University Hospital

Preceptor, LUNA Program

E. Roberto Orellana, PhD

Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Director , LUNA Program

Affiliated Faculty, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

PhD Program Director, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Cynthia R. Pearson, PhD

Director of Research, IWRI

Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Univeristy of Washington

pearsonc@uw.edu

Mike Spencer, PhD, MSW (Native Hawaiian)

Director of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceanic Affairs, IWRI

Presidental Term Professor, Univeristy of Washington School of Social Work

mspenc@uw.edu

Karina L. Walters, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

Director, NIH Tribal Health Research Office (THRO)

kw5@uw.edu

LUNA - Scientific Mentor Network

Pablo Montoya Chica, MPH, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Global Health, University of Washington

Director, Sinergias, - Alianzas Estratégicas para la Salud y el Desarrollo Social

Andrea Hermosura, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, UH Manoa

Psychologist, Paradigm Hawaii Counseling, Kailua, HI

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

Co-director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work

Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI

Rachel Novotny PhD, RDN, LD

Professor & Director, Children’s Healthy Living Center of Excellence, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Mahina - Advisory Committee

The AC and ICAP guides the scientific and cultural curriculum, sets an intellectual standard, and creates a reciprocal learning culture for the Māhina program.

Julie Baldwin, PhD

Regents' Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University

Director, Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University

Malia Villegas, PhD (Alutiiq/Sugpiaq)

Vice President, Community Investments, Afognak Native Corporation

Mahina - Indigenous Committee Advisory Panel

The ICAP provides cultural leadership, mentorship, and guidance on the research training curriculum and cultural mentorship protocols; identify community-based pressing topics for research in partnership with tribes and Native communities; provide feedback on developing tribally-based research protocols for inclusion in Māhina trainings

Joseph Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, PhD

Associate Professor and Chair of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Patsy Whitefoot, MA (Yakama/Diné)

Palatisha Miyanashma Indian Education, Toppenish School District Toppenish, Washington

Mahina-Scientific Mentor Network

The Mahina Scientific Mentor Network is a group of experienced, biomedical, behavioral, and social scientists with expertise in health and/or health disparities and who have extensive mentorship or leadership experience in Indigenous communities. In addition to the mentors listed below, the PIs as well as members of the Advisory Committee and Indigenous Committee Advisory Panel can also serve as mentors to trainees.

Megan Bang, PhD (Ojibwe)

Professor, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University

Alison Boyd-Ball, PhD (Colville Tribe)

Director, Health and Human Services, Colville Confederated Tribes

Rose James, PhD (Lummi Tribe/Duwamish)

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington

Principal Owner, Cedar Rose Consulting, L.L.C.

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

Co-director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work

Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI

Nancy Krieger, PhD

Professor of Social Epidemiology, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard University

Selina Mohammed, PhD

Professor, University of Washington Bothell, School of Nursing & Health Studies

Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington

Director, Seven Directions, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors

myrap@uw.edu

Cynthia R. Pearson, PhD

Director of Research, IWRI

Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Univeristy of Washington

pearsonc@uw.edu

Leonie Pihama, PhD (Te ātiawa, Ngāti Māhanga, Ngā Māhanga ā Tairi)

Senior Research Fellow, Te Kātahi Institute, University of Waikato

Director, Māori And Indigenous Analysis Ltd, a Kaupapa Māori research company

Jane Simoni, PhD

Director, NIH, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

Melissa L. Walls PhD (Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nations Anishinabe)

Director, Great Lakes Hub for the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health

Associate Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.