Program Staff

Leadership


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Spero M. Manson, PhD (Little Shell Chippewa) 

Director, Administrative Core Leader
Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health
CU Anschutz Medical Campus

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Candace Fleming, PhD

Community Liaison Core Leader
Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health
CU Anschutz Medical Campus

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Dedra Buchwald, MD

Investigator Development Core Leader
Partnerships for Native Health
Washington State University

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Stephen M. Schwartz, PhD

Methods & Analysis Core Leader
University of Washington
School of Public Health

Faculty & Advisory Panel Members


Name/OrganizationPositionEmail

Dave Baldridge, BA

International Association for Indigenous Aging 

Advisory Paneldave@nipcinfo.com

Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, PhD

College of Nursing, Washington State University 

Statisticiancelestina@wsu.edu

Cathryn Booth-Laforce, PhD

Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington

Faculty Mentoribcb@uw.edu

Munro Collum, PhD

Psychology Division, University of Texas South Western Medical Center

Advisory Panelmunro.cullum@
UTSouthwestern.edu

Ralph Forquera, MPH

Seattle Indian Health Board (retired)

Advisory Panelraforq@gmail.com

R. Turner Goins, PhD

Department of Social Work​, Western Carolina University

Faculty Mentor
former Native Investigator (Cohort II)
rtgoins@wcu.edu

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

Black Hill Center for American Indian Health

Faculty Mentor
former Native Investigator (Cohort I)

jhenderson@bhcaih.org

Twila Martin-Kekahbah

Turtle Mountain Chippewa (retired)

Affiliated Faculty
Advisory Panel
tmartinkekahbah@yahoo.com

Michael McDonell, PhD

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

Affiliated Faculty
Advisory Panel
mmcdonell@wsu.edu

Leo Morales, PhD, MPH

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

Advisory Panel 

Lonnie Nelson, PhD, MPH

College of Nursing, Washington State University 

Advisory Panellonnie.nelson@wsu.edu

Carolyn Noonan, MS

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

Statisticiancarolyn.noonan@wsu.edu

Adam Omidpanah, MS

Center for Clinical Epidemiological Research, University of Washington

Statisticianomida@uw.edu

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

American Indian Cancer Research Initiatives, University of Oklahoma

Faculty Mentor
former Native Investigator (Cohort I)
Dorothy-Rhoades@ouhsc.edu

Astrid Suchy-Dicey, PhD, MS

Elson S Floyd Medical School, Washington State University

Statisticianastrid.suchy-dicey@wsu.edu

Jason Umans, MD, PhD

MedStar Health Research Institute

Faculty Mentorjason.umans@gmail.com

Thomas K. Welty, MD, MPH

U.S. Public Health Service (retired)

Affiliated Faculty
Advisory Panel
thomaswelty@gmail.com

Ron Whitener, JD

The Whitener Group

Faculty Mentor
former Native Investigator (Cohort V)
ronw@whitenergroup.biz

Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN

University of Washington School of Nursing

Advisory Panelnfwoods@uw.edu

Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health

Colorado School of Public Health

CU Anschutz

Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building

13055 East 17th Avenue

Mail Stop F800

Aurora, CO 80045


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