2nd Quarter 2014

In the just recently concluded 2013 – 2014 academic year, IWRI was very fortunate to have had eight hard-working, motivated students work on numerous projects to further both personal academic learning, as well as achieving project goals. IWRI’s Research Training and Education Core hosted weekly Friday training sessions for students throughout the year, with guest…

Staff from IWRI attended the American Indian Higher Education Consortium’s 33rd Annual Spring Conference in Billings, Montana March 15-18, 2014. The conference brings together students, staff, faculty and community members from Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) across the nation. IWRI staffed a table at the conference and provided information about our projects, as well as…

IWRI’s Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training (IHART) and Indigenous Substance Abuse, Medicines, and Addictions Research Training (ISMART) programs gathered in Washington, D.C. May 28, 2014, for the 4th Annual Research Institute. This year, the Research Institute was held in conjunction with the Society for Prevention Research’s 22nd annual meeting, entitled “Comprehensive and Coordinated Prevention Systems: Building…

Kyle is a “hapa” (half Japanese, half Caucasian) ally, who has worked in IWRI since 2010 as a Curriculum Coordinator for the Native Youth Enrichment Program and Research Coordinator for various projects at IWRI, and an Evaluator for a Youth Suicide Prevention and Tribal Youth Diversion project for a Pacific Northwest Tribe. When hired, Kyle…

Two ambitious drug and alcohol studies were launched this spring by the Center for Indigenous Health Research, part of the IWRI-NCE, in partnership with tribal colleges and the UW’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute and the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors. One, the Tribal Colleges and Universities Behavioral Health Adaptation of…

Sixty-three attendees, including successful Native bachelor and master degree recipients in the School of Social Work and School of Public Health; their families, friends, and supporters; as well as School of Social Work and IWRI staffers, celebrated the individual and collective achievements at a delicious brunch held at the Talaris Conference Center, near the UW…