Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

INSPIRE - Executive Committee


December 7, 2020

Denise Walker, PhD


Judith Tsui, MD, MPH


August 15, 2017

E. Roberto Orellana, PhD

E. Roberto Orellana joined the University of Washington School of Social Work as a professor in 2021. Before joining the School faculty, he was professor and associate dean for research and sponsored projects in the School of Social Work at Portland State University (PSU) where he also served as an affiliate faculty in Public Health…


July 28, 2017

Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

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July 10, 2017

David Huh, PhD

David is a clinical and quantitative psychologist. His research focuses on the evaluation of evidence-based interventions for AIAN and other underrepresented populations and the development of longitudinal statistical methodology for evaluating health and health-related outcomes.


Cynthia R. Pearson, PhD

Research Associate Professor Cynthia R. Pearson is the Associate Director of the Research Core and Director of the Methods Core at the Interdisciplinary Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI, P60MD006909), where she collaborates with Indigenous scholars in the development of research policies and directs iterative data analysis on historical and cultural determinants of physical and mental health among…


July 7, 2017

Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)

Associate Professor Tessa Evans-Campbell is the director of the School’s MSW program. She completed her BA in art history at the University of Washington and her MSW at the University of California Los Angeles. Her research interests focus on historical trauma, resistance and healing; cultural buffers of trauma; substance use and mental health; and indigenous…