About

IWRI

Faculty, Staff & Students


Faculty

Angelique Day, PhD (Hochunk)

Associate Professor, UW School of Social Work

Affiliated Faculty, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

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

Douglas Novins, MD

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

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

Staff

Leo Egashira, MBA

Research Coordinator, IWRI

Meg Meneghel MacDonald, PhD

Research Coordinator, IWRI

Program Director, Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training Program (IHART2)

Program Director, Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education (INSPIRE)

Interim Program Director, Lighting Up Native Aspirations (LUNA)

Rebeca A Marin, PhD

Research Scientist, IWRI

rmarin@uw.edu

Holly Regan, MSW

Program Director, Itza - Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training Program

Program Director, LUNA - International Indigenous Health Research Training Program

Program Director , BIG HART

hdregan@uw.edu

Students

Tess Abrahamson-Richards, MPH (Spokane)

PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Primary Mentor, Annjeanette Belcourt, Professor, Native American Studies Chair, University of Montana

Santino Giovanni Camacho (CHamoru)

PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington