People
People
Faculty
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
Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI
Jane Simoni, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology, 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
Angelique Day, PhD (Hochunk)
Associate Professor, UW School of Social Work
Affiliated Faculty, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Staff
Chris Charles (Cowichan, Snuneymuxw, & 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)
Holly Regan, MSW
Project Director, Itza - Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training Program
Project Director, LUNA - International Indigenous Health Research Training Program
Students
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 (CHamoru)
PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Trainees
Angela Fernandez, PhD, MPH, LCSW (Menominee)
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Primary Mentor, Lonnie Nelson, Associate Professor, Washington State University College of Nursing
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
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
