Applications Closed for 2013-14 Cohort
The IHART program is no longer accepting applications for the 2013 cohort of Fellows. The names of the individuals selected for IHART fellowships will be announced in this space near the end of December. Please check back then!
Two IHART Fellows Invited to Present at Division of AIDS Research
Annie Belcourt, PhD, and Daniel Dickerson, D.O., both 2012 Fellows, presented their research projects at a September meeting convened by the NIMH Division of AIDS Research to examine "Research Career Development for New HIV/AIDS Investigators From Diverse Backgrounds." More....
Sharon Day is Recipient of Red Ribbon Award
Sharon Day (Ojibwe) is the 2012 recipient of the Honoring the Red Ribbon Award from the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center. Day is executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF) in Minneapolis, MN and a member of the IHART Native Community Advisory Expert Panel (NCAEP). More....
The Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training (IHART) program is an innovative research training program for Indigenous and other underrepresented ethnic minority scholars. The IHART program aims to develop a network of scholars dedicated to culturally grounded research that will contribute to ameliorating health disparities among American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN).
The Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training program is housed in the University of Washington’s Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, a multidisciplinary center for AI/AN health disparities research with faculty in the Schools of Social Work and Public Health, and affiliated faculty in Psychology, Law, Medicine, and Nursing.
Watch "Return to Wellness," an Indigenous Wellness Research Institute video about its community-based research