Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Trainees
June 13, 2024
Thea M Benally
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Thea Benally, (she/her) is Diné (Navajo) and White Mountain Apache originally from New Mexico. Thea graduated from the University of New Mexico (UNM) with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science. She is a Project Coordinator at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute and works on the Wakaya Rising Up Research Project partnered with the Oklahoma…
May 22, 2024
Lona Running Wolf, MEd (Blackfeet)
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May 10, 2024
Damian Chase-Begay, PhD (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation)
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Nidia Hernandez, MSW (Chicana, of indigenous Mexican P’urhépecha and Mexica descent)
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Kristina (Tina) Hulama, MSW (Native Hawaiian, Samoan, and other Pacific Islander)
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Blanca-Azucena Pacheco, PhD (Xinka Pueblo)
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Kilohana Haitsuka, MSW (Native Hawaiian)
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Cary Waubanascum, PhD (Citizen of Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and descendant of Menominee, Potawatomi, & Stockbridge Nations)
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September 7, 2023
Seratha R. Largie, MSW (Navajo)
June 26, 2023
Rose Wimbish-Tompkins, PhD, MSN, RN (Haliwa-Saponi)
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