Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
The Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training (I-HART) program
The Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training (I-HART) program
- Lead Investigator: Karina L. Walters, PhD
- The Indigenous HIV/AIDS and Mental Health Research Training (I-HART) institute is being developed to increase the number of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) health researchers to successfully garner major grants for tribal priority health issues. Housed at the University of Washington�s Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI), the I-HART program will target junior and mid-career AI/AN community/tribal based researchers and AI/AN university-based researchers to hone their competitive grant making skills for mental health and HIV/AIDS research grant acquisition. Working in partnership with tribes, the I-HART program will lay the groundwork for a strong network of highly-trained and grant productive Native scholars dedicated to research and analysis that is culturally and tribally grounded. This would contribute directly to the amelioration of mental health, trauma, and HIV-related health disparities among AI/ANs. I-HART program website.
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