People

Sterling M. McPherson, PhD

Professor and Vice Dean for Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Denise Dillard, PhD, MS

Director of IREACH, Professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine 

John S.K. “Keoni” Kauwe III, PhD

President of Brigham Young University - Hawai'i and Professor of Biology at Brigham Young University

Julie Baldwin, PhD

Regents’ Professor of Health Sciences and Executive Director of the Center for Health Equity Research at Northern Arizona University

Joie Agard

Research Assistant

Tauqeer Ali, PhD

Cole Allick, PhD, MHA

Assistant Professor

Duncan Amegbletor, PhD

Senior Research Project Manager

Ofer Amram, PhD

Kealohaku`ualohaku`upoki`i (Poki’i) Balaz, DNP, EMBA

Family Nurse Practitioner

Daniel Barker, MMA

Scientific Writing and Communications Manager

Ronny Bell, PhD, MS

Professor of Social Sciences and Health Policy at the Wake Forest School of Medicine

Marija Bogic, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Amanda Boyd, PhD

Professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine and Executive Director of Native American Programs

Al Bryant, PhD

Dean of the School of Education at Campbell University

Ralph Cammack, MPH

Director of Research at Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness

Patrick Carlin, PhD

Assistant Professor in the WSU School of Economic Sciences

Yebo Chen

Research Coordinator

Jillayne Ching

Community Health Worker at Hui No Ke Ola Pono

Eric Christensen

Fiscal Analyst Lead

Ahmyli Clark

Research Associate at MBIRI

Susan E. Collins, PhD

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Co-Director of the Harm Reduction Research and Treatment (HaRRT) Center at the University of Washington – Harborview Medical Center

Emma Davis

Research Study Coordinator

Māpuana de Silva

Kumu Hula

Justin Denney, PhD

Adrienne Dillard

Jessica Douthitt

Research Coordinator

Lyndsey Ducheneaux

Research Associate at MBIRI

Bernadine Duenas

Fiscal Analyst

Kathryn Duffy-Greslo

Research Project Manager

Nicole Ehrhardt, MD

Assistant Professor in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition at the University of Washington School of Medicine

Nicole lee Kamakahiolani Ellison, MPH

Social Scientific Assistant

Marie Emmett, MEd

Research Coordinator at Brigham Young University

Brian French

Mandy Fretts, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health

Tessa Fujisaki

Research Coordinator II

Amber Fyfe-Johnson, ND, PhD

Associate Professor

Kandyce Garcia, MEd

Health Sciences Research Specialist at the University of New Mexico

Barak Gaster, MD

Professor of Medicine at University of Washington

Lucas Gillespie, MPH

Research Project Manager

Elisha Gray Hawk

Research Coordinator

Jolie Green

Research Study Assistant

Jessica Hanson, PhD

Associate Professor in the Public Health Program, Interim Associate Dean in the College of Education and Human Service Professions, University of Minnesota Duluth

Luciana E. Hebert, PhD

Associate Research Professor and Director of the IREACH Methods Core

Kawena Hirayama

Research Assistant

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH

Patrik Johansson, MD, MPH

Professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Breanna Jones

Research Coordinator

Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula, PhD

Kaapuni Kama, CCHW

Vice President of Programs at Kula no na Po'e Hawai'i

MichaeLynn Kanichy, MPH

Research Associate

Sharon Mail Kanichy (Makah/qʷidiččaɁa·tx̌)

Tribal Liaison / Outreach Coordinator

Darrah Kauhane, MS, CPO

Executive Director at Project Vision Hawai'i

Puni Kekauoha

Associate Director of Kula no na Po`e Hawai'i o Papakolea, Kewalo, Kalawahine

Chantal Keliihoomalu, MSW, LSW

Director at Kapolei Community Development Corporation

Meghan Kenney, MSW, LSW

Research Manager at Kula no na Po’e Hawai'i

Kaui Krueger

Cultural Programs Coordinator at Hui No Ke Ola Pono

Gina Leipertz, MGH

Research Assistant

Karen Little Wounded

Research Associate at MBIRI

Adam Livengood, MA

Lead Research Program Manager

Mele Look, MBA

Bouapanh Lor, MPH

Grant Lifecycle Manager

Richard MacLehose, PhD, MS

Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology at Tulane University

Spero Manson, PhD, MA

Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health in the Colorado School of Public Health

Chantelle Matagi

Community Lead

Michael McDonell, PhD

Sage Mednansky

Research Study Coordinator

Julie Miller, MLIS

Business Office Manager

Erin R. Morgan, PhD, MS

Research Assistant Professor

Clemma Muller, PhD, MS

Associate Professor, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Dr. Nederfeld

Lonnie Nelson, PhD, MA

Professor and Faculty Lead at Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Justin Nelson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Sociology at Campbell University

Carolyn Noonan, MS

Biostatistician / Staff Scientist

Marcia O’Leary, RN

Scott Okamoto, PhD, MSW

Professor at the University of Hawai'i Cancer Center

Kyra Oziel

Research Project Manager

Tassy Parker, PhD, RN

Professor at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Camille Pham-Lake

Research Coordinator

Benjamin Piper, MEM, MPH

Senior Research Manager

Erin Poole, MS

Research Scientist, Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health

Mālia Purdy, PhD, MPH

Talia Quandelacy, PhD

Assistant Professor at Colorado School of Public Health

Madison Ramos

Junior Research Project Manager

Maddy Rantala, MS

Research Coordinator

Ariel Richards

Research Associate at MBIRI

Perry Ridge

Associate Professor of Biology

Keegan Roberts

Research Coordinator

Michelle Sarche, PhD

Senior Director of Tribal Research, Policy, and Partnerships, Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska

Shruti Singh

Information Systems Coordinator

Trevor Slaney

Research Study Coordinator

Lisa Sockabasin, RN, MS

Co-CEO of Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness

Jason Stover

Research Associate at MBIRI

Astrid Suchy-Dicey, PhD

Associate Professor, Director Clinical Neurosciences, and Principal Investigator of the Brain Aging Study at Huntington Medical Research Institutes

Angie Suh

Research Coordinator

Kimny Sysawang

Research Coordinator

Justina Tavana, PhD

PhD Candidate, Department of Biology, Brigham Young University–Provo

Sukhneet Toor

Research Study Assistant

Nathania Tsosie, MCRP

Associate Director of the University of New Mexico Center for Native American Health

Ursula Tuzon

Jessica Saniguq Ullrich, PhD, MSW

Assistant Professor

Justin Um

Fiscal Analyst 3

Gail Uses the Knife

Site Coordinator at MBIRI

Linda Valeri, PhD

Assistant Professor in Biostatistics at Columbia University

Page Van Meter, PhD

Lead REDCap Administrator

Melissa Vera | Goi’pa Lackdaaw, PhD

Assistant Professor

Brendan Walking Elk

Research Associate at MBIRI

Nathaniel Watson, MD

Cynthia West

Cliff Whetung, PhD, MSW

Assistant Professor in at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus

Paul Whitney, PhD

Professor and Associate Dean for Research at WSU College of Arts & Sciences

Rachel Wilbur, PhD, MPH

Assistant Research Professor

Jessica Williams-Nguyen, PhD, MPH

Research Assistant Professor

Ke’alohilani Worthington, MPH

Research Coordinator at The Research Corporation of the University of Hawai'i

Sheryl Yoshimura, MPH, RD, LDN, CDCES

Project Manager and Dietician

Tracy Zacher

Site Coordinator at MBIRI

Dr. Zimmerman