About
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
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
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
Staff
Chris Charles (Cowichan, Snuneymuxw, & Duwamish)
Research Coordinator, IWRI
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)
Holly Regan, MSW
Project Director, Itza - Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training Program
Project Director, LUNA - International Indigenous Health Research Training Program
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
