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Indigenous Research Trainees // INSPIRE
INSPIRE - Cohort 1
Danica Brown, PhD, MSW (Choctaw)
Behavioral Health Manager, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Primary mentor, Melissa Walls, PhD, Associate Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Carolyn Camplain, J.D. (Comanche, non-tribally affiliated)
Research Coordinator, Sr., Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University
Primary Mentor, Wadiya Udell, Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington Bothell
Jennifer Richards, PhD, MPH (Diné/Lakota/Taos)
Assistant Scientist, Center for American Indian Health, John Hopkins University
Primary mentor, Michelle Sarche, PhD, Associate Professor, Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health Department of Community & Behavioral Health Indian Center, Colorado School of Public Health
INSPIRE - Cohort 2
Antonia R.G. Alvarez, LMSW, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University
Primary Mentor, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Angela Fernandez, PhD, MPH, LCSW (Menominee)
Program Officer, NIMHD
Primary Mentor, Lonnie Nelson, Associate Professor, Washington State University College of Nursing
Joanna La Torre, LCSW
Doctoral student, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Primary Mentor, Karina L. Walters, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Jessica Saniġaq Ullrich, PhD (Nome Eskimo Community)
Assistant Professor , School of Social Work, University of Alaska Anchorage
Primary Mentor, Dolores Subia Bigfoot, PhD, Professor, Pediatrics University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
