People
People
Faculty
Bonnie Duran, DrPH (Opelousas/Coushatta)
Director, IWRI Center for Indigenous Health Research
Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington
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
Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)
Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 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
Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)
Associate Director, IWRI Community Engagement and Outreach Core
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, 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
Staff
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)
Maya Magarati, PhD (Indigenous Nepali)
Research Scientist, IWRI Community Engagement and Outreach Core
Lecturer, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Preceptor, LUNA Program
Students
Olivia Morgan (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
MSW Student, UW School of Social Work
Emily Loerzel, MSW
PhD student, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Trainees
Angela Fernandez, PhD, MSW (Menominee)
Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)
Associate Director, IWRI Community Engagement and Outreach Core
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
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
Roberto E. Orellana, PhD
Professor, Social Work at Portland State University
Preceptor, LUNA Program
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