People
People
Trainees
Angela Fernandez, PhD, MPH, LCSW (Menominee)
Program Officer, NIMHD
Withdrew from INSPIRE,
Primary Mentor, Lonnie Nelson, Associate Professor, Washington State University College of Nursing
Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
Director, Seven Directions, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors
Melissa L. Walls PhD (Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nations Anishinabe)
Director, Great Lakes Hub for the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health
Associate Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Danica Brown, PhD, MSW (Choctaw)
Behavioral Health Manager, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Pilot Project, Every Day is Ceremony: Accessing Traditional Indigenous Knowledge to Heal Trauma and Improve Health and Wellbeing in Tribal Communities
Primary mentor, Melissa Walls, PhD, Associate Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Shanondora Billiot, PhD (United Houma Nation)
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University
Melissa Lewis, PhD (Cherokee Nation)
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri
Matthew Town, PhD, MPH (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Pacific University Oregon
Katie Schultz, PhD, MSW (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
Raven Ross, PhD
Evaluation and Efficiency Officer, Office of Quality, Indian Health Service
IWRI Executive Co-Directors
Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)
Executive Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Charles O. Cressey Endowed Associate Prof., School of Social Work, University of Washington
Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Executive Co-director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work
Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI
Faculty
Bonnie Duran, DrPH (Opelousas/Coushatta)
Director, IWRI Center for Indigenous Health Research (ret'd)
Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington (ret'd)
Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)
Executive Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Charles O. Cressey Endowed Associate Prof., School of Social Work, University of Washington
Cynthia R. Pearson, PhD
Director of Research, IWRI
Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Univeristy of Washington
Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Executive Co-director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work
Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI
E. Roberto Orellana, PhD
Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Director, LUNA Program
Affiliated Faculty, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
PhD Program Director, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Mike Spencer, PhD, MSW (Native Hawaiian)
Director of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceanic Affairs, IWRI
Presidental Term Professor, Univeristy of Washington School of Social Work
Dean, Univeristy of Washington School of Social Work
Angelique Day, PhD (Hochunk)
Associate Professor, UW School of Social Work
Faculty, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Staff
Chris Charles (Cowichan, Snuneymuxw, & Duwamish)
Research Coordinator, IWRI
Meg Meneghel MacDonald, PhD
Research Coordinator, IWRI
Program Director, Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training Program (IHART2)
Program Director, Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education (INSPIRE)
Interim Program Director, Lighting Up Native Aspirations (LUNA)
Stephanie Soliz
Research Coordinator, Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education (INSPIRE)
Research Coordinator, Journey of Transformation Research Study
Devon Bushnell
Program Operations Specialist, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Ramari Jackson-Paniora (Ngāti Kahungunu/Ngāti Awa/Ngāti Porou/Te Aitiawa)
Director Strategic Initiatives, Planning and International Engagement , Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Thea M Benally
Project Coordinator, IWRI - Wakaya Rising Up Research
Students
Tess Abrahamson-Richards, MPH (Spokane)
PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Primary Mentor, Annjeanette Belcourt, Professor, Native American Studies Chair, University of Montana
Santino Giovanni Camacho (CHamoru)
PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington