People

Bonnie Duran, DrPH (Opelousas/Coushatta)

Director, IWRI Center for Indigenous Health Research

Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington

bonduran@uw.edu

Karina L. Walters, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Full Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Katherine Chambers Hall University Scholar, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Adjunct Professor , Department of Global Health, School of Public Health

kw5@uw.edu

Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)

Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Social Work, University of Washington

tecamp@uw.edu

Cynthia R. Pearson, PhD

Director of Research, IWRI

Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Univeristy of Washington

pearsonc@uw.edu

David Huh, PhD

Director, Methods Division

Research Assistant Professor, IWRI Research Core

dhuh@uw.edu

Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)

Associate Director, IWRI Community Engagement and Outreach Core

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington

myrap@uw.edu

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

Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI

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

mspenc@uw.edu

Angelique Day, PhD (Hochunk)

Associate Professor, UW School of Social Work

Affiliated Faculty, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Chris Charles (Cowichan, Nanaimo, & Duwamish)

Research Coordinator, IWRI

Leo Egashira, MBA

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)

Rebeca A Marin, PhD

Research Scientist, IWRI

rmarin@uw.edu

Stephanie Soliz

Holly Regan, MSW

Project Director, Itza - Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training Program

Project Director, LUNA - International Indigenous Health Research Training Program

Emily Loerzel, MSW

PhD Candidate, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Tess Abrahamson-Richards (Spokane)

PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Santino Giovanni Camacho (Chamoro)

PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Angela Fernandez, PhD, MSW (Menominee)

Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

Jessica Hope Elm, PhD MSW (Oneida)

PhD , Social Welfare

jelm@uw.edu

Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)

Associate Director, IWRI Community Engagement and Outreach Core

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington

myrap@uw.edu

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

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