Denise Dillard, PhD, MS
She/her
Co-Director of IREACH, Professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Denise Dillard, PhD, MS, is a Co-Director of IREACH and Professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. Denise is Inupiaq Eskimo and grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. She earned her PhD and MS in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University, as well as BA in Psychology and BA in Sociology from University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Denise’s research focuses on Indigenous health among Alaska Native, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities using community-based participatory research methods. She has previously served on the Alaska Area Institutional Review Board and as the Alaska Delegate for the National Institutes of Health Tribal Advisory Committee, and presently serves on the National Institute on Drug Abuse American Indian and Alaska Native Collaborative Research Engagement Workgroup. In her free time, Denise enjoys camping, fishing, berry picking, quilting, knitting, crocheting, hot yoga, e-bike riding, watching her son Reid play college baseball, and spending time with family.
- 1994 – 1997 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
- 1992 – 1994 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
- 1987 – 1991 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, B.A. in Psychology
- 1987 – 1991 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, B.A. in Sociology
IREACH Programs
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IREACH
Co-Director of IREACH and Professor -
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Disparities Center of Excellence
Project Lead -
Community Health and Aging in Native Groups of Elders Resource Center for Minority Aging Research
Core Lead -
Native-Controlling Hypertension and Risk Through Technology
Project Lead -
Natives Engaged in Alzheimer’s Research
Project Co-Lead -
Northwest Health Education and Research Outcomes Network
Professor
Projects
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Community Engaged, mHealth and Data Science to Enhance Clinical Trial Diversity and Cardiometabolic Health (AHA – Research is Ceremony)
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Diet Intervention for Hypertension: Adaptation and Dissemination to Native Communities (Grocery/NOSH)
Project Lead -
Moana: Alternative Surveillance for COVID-19 in a Unique Population (MASC-UP)
Principal Investigator -
Native-Controlling Hypertension and Risk through Technology RP2: Blood Pressure-Improving Control among Alaska Native People (Native-CHART RP2 / BP-ICAN)
Project Lead -
Native-Controlling Hypertension and Risk through Technology RP3: Engaging NHPIs and Activating Communities to Take Steps / Healthy Hearts Among Pacific Islanders (Native-CHART RP3 / ENACTS / HHAPI)
Project Lead -
Natives Engaged in Alzheimer’s Research (NEAR) Research Project 3 (RP3): Cognition After Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Native American People (CATNAP)
Project Co-Lead -
Strong Men, Strong Communities: Cultural Tradition to Improve Native Men’s Health (Strong Men/SMSC)
Principal Investigator