Projects
Advancing Alzheimer’s Disease Communication and Recruitment Science among American Indians and Alaska Natives (Amanda's K01)
This study aims to assess how American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people seek, process, and react to online information sources about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) and will […]
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Disparities, Alzheimer's Disease Center of Excellence (ADCOE)
This center responds to the increasing incidence of cognitive impairment, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) among American Indian and Alaska Native people, and the burden this disease […]
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Disparities, Alzheimer's Disease Center of Excellence (ADCOE) Research Project 1 (RP1): Longitudinal Study of MRI, Clinical, and Genetic Biomarkers of Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease in Elderly American Indians
This study, Research Project 1 of the American Indian and Alaska Native Health Disparities, Alzheimer’s Disease Center of Excellence, represents a major innovation within the first large, longitudinal, population-based cohort […]
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Disparities, Alzheimer's Disease Center of Excellence (ADCOE) Research Project 2 (RP2): Alzheimer's Disease and Precision Medicine Among Native People
The American Indian and Alaska Native Health Disparities, Alzheimer’s Disease Center of Excellence (ADCOE) Research Project 2 (RP2): Alzheimer’s Disease and Precision Medicine Among Native People study aims to address […]
American Indian Chronic Disease Risk and Sleep Health (AI-CHERISH)
American Indian Chronic Disease Risk and Sleep Health (AI-CHERISH) will develop a culturally tailored questionnaire to assess sleep health. This study will quantify sleep deficiencies in American Indian people and […]
Bayesian Statistical Learning for Robust and Generalizable Causal Inferences in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Research
This project aims to develop advanced statistical models for causal inference based on Bayesian joint approaches and computationally efficient coding packages to integrate existing longitudinal data in order to account […]
Bilingualism as a protective factor of ADRD in American Indian adults: the Strong Heart Study
American Indian populations are more likely to simultaneously suffer from cerebrovascular disease—such as stroke—and Alzheimer’s disease than non-Hispanic white U.S. populations and may also have a greater burden of cognitive […]
Body Mass Index trajectories and cognitive performance in American Indians: Evidence from the Cerebrovascular Disease and its Consequences in American Indians (CDCAI) study
Although American Indian people have the highest prevalence of obesity in the country, they are understudied in research examining the longitudinal variation of body mass index and its potential association […]
Building Capacity for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Rural Washington (PCORI)
The goal of this project is to create a Community Advisory Board of patients and providers that represents rural and Tribal communities across Washington State. Rural and Tribal communities are […]
CAREER: The Science of Strengths-Based Communities
This CAREER project studies the impacts of a strengths-based approach to communities. The research seeks to operationalize, develop, and test a community-driven unit of measurement of community strength. The research […]
Caring Texts: A Strength-based, Suicide Prevention Trial in 4 Native Communities (CARE)
Caring Contacts is one of only two interventions that have been found to prevent death by suicide in a randomized controlled trial. Caring Contacts has never been evaluated in an […]
Characterizing the ‘real-world’ implementation of food security screening in healthcare settings (Nikolaus KL2)
Screening for food insecurity in clinical settings is recommended, but implementation varies widely. Our study evaluated how screening for food insecurity and other social risks varied between telehealth versus in-person […]
Childhood Obesity: the role of the gut Microbiome, outdoor Time, and Stress (COMETS)
One third of US children have overweight or obesity; children are developing obesity at higher rates than at any other time in human history. Social determinants of health (SDoH) are […]
Collaborative Hub to Reduce Burden of Suicide Among Urban Indian and Alaska Native Youth (SUNDANCE)
The Collaborative Hub to Reduce Burden of Suicide Among Urban Indian and Alaska Native Youth (SUNDANCE) was a multi-stage study to evaluate three distinct aspects of screening, brief intervention and […]
Communicating Heath Advancements from Native GEnetics Research (CHANGE Research)
The American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population is increasing 3 times faster than the US population overall. By 2050, it is predicted that 1 in 3 AI/AN Elders will […]
Community Engaged, mHealth and Data Science to Enhance Clinical Trial Diversity and Cardiometabolic Health
This project will advance the science of diversity in clinical trials. American Indian people are underrepresented in clinical trials, and no data regarding clinical trial awareness exists for them. This […]
Community Organizations for Natives: COVID-19 Epidemiology, Research, Testing, and Services (CONCERTS)
American Indian and Alaska Native people have the highest risk of any racial or ethnic group in the United States for becoming infected with the COVID-19 virus, as well as […]
Counseling for Harm Reduction and Retention in Medication-assisted treatment - Cherokee Nation (CHaRRM-CN)
American Indian (AI) people are disproportionately impacted by the current opioid epidemic. AIs experience an 88% higher prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD; 1.5%) than the US general population (0.8%), […]
Diet Intervention for Hypertension: Adaptation and Dissemination to Native Communities (Grocery/NOSH)
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) is a high-impact lifestyle intervention for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease that centers on a low-salt, low-fat diet and emphasizes fresh fruit […]
Family-Centered Approaches to Improving Type 2 Diabetes Control and Prevention (UAMS DSME)
This program’s objective is to utilize quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design that evaluates the effectiveness of Family Model Diabetes Self-Management Education (F-DSME) when delivered in a group setting in Faith Based Organizations. […]
Health Outcomes in Preschool: Innovations for Obesity Prevention (HOP-IN)
This career development award brings together an accomplished team of experts to address the longitudinal impact of a novel outdoor preschool model on childhood obesity, physical activity, sleep, and academic achievement. […]
Health Outcomes in Preschool: Innovations for Obesity Prevention Ancillary Support (HOP-IN: Ancillary)
This ancillary award to HOP-IN provides salary support for a full time Research Coordinator to accomplish the goals and objectives according to the project timeline.
HOP-IN: Outdoor Time and Gut Microbiome in Early Childhood
This award expands the health outcome data that will be collected in Health Outcomes in Preschool: Innovations for Obesity Prevention (HOP-IN) to include gut microbiome data, and covers all costs […]
Impact of Long-COVID-19 on rural and American Indian-serving primary care practices and their patients in Washington State (HERC Long Covid)
Rural and American Indian communities experience serious health disparities. Long-standing systemic health and social inequities place many rural residents at increased risk of contracting COVID-19 infection, severe illness, and death. […]
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Well-being of Rural and American Indian Cancer Patients in Washington State
Rural and American Indian communities experience serious health disparities. Among the most disturbing is a greater incidence of cancer, often associated with modifiable risk factors. We will conduct a cross-sectional […]