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Indigenous Research Trainees // LUNA


LUNA - Cohort 1

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

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

Tvli Jacob, PhD, MPH (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

Clinical Assistant Professor, Center for Health Sciences (CHS) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Oklahoma State University

Dissemination and Implementation Director, Center for Health Sciences (CHS) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Oklahoma State University

Christina Oré, DrPH

Senior Advisor, Seven Directions, Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors, University of Washington

LUNA - Cohort 2

Oliver Bear Don’t Walk, MS (Apsáalooke)

PhD Student, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York City

Joshua Brown, MPH (Salish, Nakoda, Aaniiih)

PhD student, Anthropolgy, University of Montana

Jill Greendeer, M.A., M.S. (Ho-Chunk)

PhD student, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota

Kyle Hill, PhD, MPH (Ojibwe, Dakota, Lakota)

Assistant Scientist, John Hopkins University Center for American Indian Health, Great Lakes Hub

Lynn Mad Plume, MPH (Blackfeet)

PhD student, Indigenous Studies, University of North Dakota

Diversity & Equity Coordinator, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of North Dakota

Candy Martinez, M.A. (Zapotec)

PhD. candidate, Latin America Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz

Felix Muniz, BS, MA (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community)

PhD Student, Quantitative Research Methods, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University

Araceli Orozco, MSW (Mexican Indigenous)

PhD Candidate, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle