Partnerships
Advisory Members // LUNA
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)
Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)
Executive Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Charles O. Cressey Endowed Associate Prof., School of Social Work, University of Washington
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
Maya Magarati, PhD (Indigenous Nepali)
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
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
Dean, Univeristy of Washington School of Social Work
Karina L. Walters, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Director, NIH Tribal Health Research Office (THRO)
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)
Executive 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