Lucas Gillespie, MPH

Lucas Gillespie is a Social Scientific Assistant at IREACH. He has an MPH in Global Health from the University of Washington and a BA from Pacific Lutheran University. Lucas is interested in environmental health and community-based participatory research, and his thesis focused on facilitators for and barriers to building community-based climate resilience in communities disproportionately exposed to climate impacts in Washington. His personal interests include cooking, gardening, biking, and going to museums.

IREACH Programs

• IREACH
  Research Project Manager
• Community Health and Aging in Native Groups of Elders
  Research Project Manager
• Native-Controlling Hypertension and Risk Through Technology
  Research Project Manager

Projects

• Community Engaged, mHealth and Data Science to Enhance Clinical Trial Diversity and Cardiometabolic Health (AHA – Research is Ceremony)
  Research Project Manager
• Diet Intervention for Hypertension: Adaptation and Dissemination to Native Communities (Grocery/NOSH)
  Research Project Manager
• Native-Controlling Hypertension and Risk through Technology (Native-CHART) Administrative Core
  Research Project Manager
• Strong Men, Strong Communities: Cultural Tradition to Improve Native Men’s Health (Strong Men/SMSC)
  Research Project Manager