Program Staff

Dave Baldridge, BA

International Association for Indigenous Aging 

Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, PhD

College of Nursing, Washington State University 

Cathryn Booth-Laforce, PhD

Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington

Munro Collum, PhD

Psychology Division, University of Texas South Western Medical Center

Ralph Forquera, MPH

Seattle Indian Health Board (retired)

R. Turner Goins, PhD

Department of Social Work​, Western Carolina University

Jeffrey A. Henderson, MD, MPH
(Lakota, Cheyenne River Sioux)

Black Hill Center for American Indian Health

Faculty Mentor
former Native Investigator (Cohort I)

Twila Martin-Kekahbah

Turtle Mountain Chippewa (retired)

Michael McDonell, PhD

Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University Spokane

Leo Morales, PhD, MPH

Center for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, University of Washington

Lonnie Nelson, PhD, MPH

College of Nursing, Washington State University 

Carolyn Noonan, MS

Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH), Washington State University

Adam Omidpanah, MS

Center for Clinical Epidemiological Research, University of Washington

Dorothy Rhoades, MD, MPH
(Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma)

American Indian Cancer Research Initiatives, University of Oklahoma

Astrid Suchy-Dicey, PhD, MS

Elson S Floyd Medical School, Washington State University

Jason Umans, MD, PhD

MedStar Health Research Institute

Thomas K. Welty, MD, MPH

U.S. Public Health Service (retired)

Ron Whitener, JD

The Whitener Group

Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN

University of Washington School of Nursing