Associate Professor Tessa Evans-Campbell, Director of the UW School of Social Work’s MSW Program and Associate Director of IWRI, was selected as the recipient of the prestigious UW School of Social Work’s “Lewayne D. Gilchrist PhD Mentor Award.” This award recognizes a SSW faculty member who has performed outstandingly in mentoring doctoral students as they…

The Māhina International Indigenous Health Research Training Program provides an international 10-12 week health research training opportunity in New Zealand for undergraduate students and graduate students who are interested in biomedical, behavioral science, public health and social science health research careers and self-identify as being from an Indigenous population.  The program is a partnership among…

Andrew Jolivette’s new book, Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco’s Two-Spirit Community, examines the correlation between mixed-race identity and HIV/AIDS among Native American gay men and transgendered people. Published in June 2016, the book grew from the research that Dr. Jolivette conducted as a Fellow with IWRI’s Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training (IHART)…

On February 11, 2016, Dr. Jordan Lewis gave an insightful presentation on what healthy aging in Alaska Native Elders looks like at the UW School of Social Work Research Roundtable titled, “The future gives me strength today: The role of generativity in health and well-being of Alaska Native Elders.” During his talk, he touched upon…

On January 12, 2016, Dr. Eric J. (EJ) David presented a talk titled, “Oppression Under the Skin: The Manifestation and Implications of Internalized Oppression,” at IWRI’s Quarterly Speaker Series. David’s research focuses on the way in which colonial history and present-day oppression has inflicted the crippling effects of internalized oppression on indigenous peoples. He unapologetically…

On January 6, 2016, IWRI had the honor of hosting Native Hawaiian visitors from the Queen Liliu’okalani Children’s Center, a social agency created to fulfill the Queen’s mission to care for and support orphan and destitute children throughout the State of Hawai‘i. The cohort from the Children’s Center travelled through Seattle and Portland to visit…

On October 14, 2015, IWRI hosted a lunchtime meet and greet with Shannon and Anthony Fleg, who were visiting Seattle from Albuquerque for the Native Health Pathways Conference. Shannon Fleg is a Diné woman from Arizona, who is trained with a master’s in health education, and serves as a coordinator for the Native Health Initiative…

Since 1995, David Bonderman, a University of Washington graduate, has provided a travel fellowship opportunity to 236 UW students. In 2016, seven graduate and professional students and eight undergraduate students were selected from among over one hundred applicants. The selected students will receive $20,000 each to use for independent travels. Our two students will embark…

The first cohort of IHART2 Fellows began their two-year training program in March 2016. Four fellows have been selected to participate in the new grant cycle which has expanded to include Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, as well as postdoctoral and junior scholars in the training program. After a successful recruitment period during the fall…

In 2007, IWRI began a partnership with a Northwest tribe to better understand and address cardiovascular disease (CVD) in this Native community. The collaboration resulted first in a research study called Healthy Hearts Across Generations, which collected surveys from 284 randomly selected members from tribal rolls to examine cardiovascular disease risks and examine what coping…