Melissa Vera | Goi’pa Lackdaaw, PhD

Dr. Melissa Vera, Goi’pa Lackdaaw, is an Assistant Professor in the WSU College of Nursing and at IREACH. She is a citizen of the Tsm’syen and Yaqui First Nations. Dr. Vera has a PhD in Nursing Science from University of Washington. Her research interests are focused in Indigenous health, climate change, Indigenous methodologies, and decolonized methodologies. Some of her personal interests include kung fu, cooking and baking, hiking, writing poetry, and playing violin and mandolin.

IREACH Programs

• IREACH
  Assistant Professor
• Community Health and Aging in Native Groups of Elders Resource Center for Minority Aging Research
  Scholar
• Natives Engaged in Alzheimer’s Research
  Research Assistant Professor

Projects

• Natives Engaged in Alzheimer’s Research (NEAR) Recruitment and Engagement Core
  Research Assistant Professor