This article was reprinted with permission from University of Alaska Fairbanks News and Information When Elizabeth Fleagle retired in 1997, she felt lost. So she prayed about what she was supposed to do next. Two weeks later, she got a telephone call with the answer. The American Indian Science and Engineering Society of Fairbanks asked…

We are happy to report that the full trial of the Ethics Training for Health in Indigenous Communities Study (ETHICS) launched in February 2016 and we are actively seeking eligible Native participants to test the culturally-adapted research ethics training. The purpose of ETHICS is to adapt a research training so that it prepares researchers to…

The “Creating Campus Change” (CCC) project closed its Tribal Colleges and Universities Alcohol, Drugs and Mental Health Epidemiology (TCU-ADME) survey on February 29, 2016, after 1½ years in the field at 22 TCU throughout the U.S. and Canada. With 3,175 student respondents representing a 31% response rate, the TCU-ADME Survey becomes the largest psychological epidemiology…

A 2015 article from Research on Social Work Practice ranked the following University of Washington School of Social Work faculty among the top 25 women engaged in social work research: Betsy Wells, Kelly Cue Davis, Diane Morrison, Taryn Lindhorst, Paula Nurius and IWRI’s Cynthia Pearson. The article also reports that the UW School of Social…

The Summer Institute in LGBT Population Health is an extraordinary opportunity to train early career scholars in LGBT health research.
The Summer Institute provides interdisciplinary training in the theoretical and methodological foundations of how to best conduct research with sexual and gender minority populations. The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health, as well as the Institute for…

Melissa Watkinson, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, has been selected as the first Hershman Marine Policy Fellow from the University of Washington Bothell. Melissa’s passion for her community and the Pacific Northwest led her to complete her Bachelor of Arts in Global studies and Society, Ethics and Behavior in 2011 and her…

Research Scientist and Program Manager of the Healthy Hearts, Healthy Minds Program, Rachelle McCarty, recently published a journal article entitled “Frequent ED utilizers: A case management program to address patient needs” in the September 2015 issue of Nursing Management. Rachelle assessed the emergency department (ED) case management program at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (PRMCE)….

Please welcome Anita Rocha to IWRI. Anita recently joined the IWRI family as a data manager. She hails from just across the UW campus where she worked as a statistical programmer and data manager for the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology. Her consulting experience in data analytics and the management realm is varied,…

I am very sad to have left all the great people and friends at IWRI. I really had fun working with some of the best folks I’ve had a chance to spend time with. I learned an incredible amount, and only a small percentage of that had to do with research. Spousal duty and marital…

Polly Olsen (Yakama Nation) recently departed from the University of Washington after nearly 20 years of dedicated service. She is now Executive Director for the Association of American Indian Physicians in Oklahoma City. During her time at the UW, she served in leadership positions such as Director of the UW Native American Center of Excellence…