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 discuss "Research Career Development for New HIV/AIDS Investigators From Diverse Backgrounds."
Dr. Belcourt is Assistant Professor, School of Public and Community Health Sciences, University of Montana, and her planned area of research is to culturally adapt and assess a behavioral intervention that would address posttraumatic stress, sexual health, and substance abuse within American Indian communities.
Dr. Dickerson is Assistant Research Psychiatrist, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs University of California, Los Angeles, and his research project proposes to fully develop and pretest a culturally-tailored HIV/AIDS prevention strategy, Red Circle Project (RCP), for AI/ANs at risk for HIV/AIDS.
September 19, 2012
IHART Fellow Dan Dickerson's research on drumming is featured in the August 8 edition of Indian Country Today. See "Drumming Proves Beneficial for Overcoming Substance Abuse Disorders" for the whole story.
September 11, 2012
IHART Fellow David Patterson has joined the faculty of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work in Washington University in St. Louis as Assistant Professor of Social Work. Patterson was previously at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York
July 1, 2012
Melvin Harrison, executive director of the Navajo AIDS Network and member of the Native Community Advisory Expert Panel, was interviewed for the story, "Raising Voices Against HIV On the Reservation," on NPR's Tell Me More. Click here to read the transcript or hear the story.
March 19, 2012
Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD and Melissa L. Walls, PhD, both IHART Fellows, announce the RICH Center, an interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of Medicine and College of Pharmacy focused on building alliances between researchers and tribal communities for research.
The Research for Indigenous Community Health Center aims to provide an intercollegiate center for research collaborations with Indigenous entities. The Center further aims to foster scholarly works that will identify health barriers and protective factors to increase health and healthcare equity for Indigenous people.
March 6, 2012
Andrew Jolivette, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair, American Indian Studies, San Francisco State University and an IHART Fellow, recently announced the publication of Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority (Policy Press, 2012). Jolivette is the editor of the collection of essays exploring the role of Obama's mixed-race identity in his path to the presidency.
March 6, 2012
The Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training program was featured in a March 2010 White House Blog entry written just before the fourth annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The entry, “Together We Must Face the Challenge of HIV/AIDS in Native American Communities,” was posted by the White House Office of National AIDS Policy.
The IHART program was described as an important component in the effort to increase American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) access to HIV testing and comprehensive health services. Training and nurturing the grant-making skills of tribal, community, and university-based scholars in the areas of HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, and mental health will help to lower barriers keeping American Indians and Alaska Natives from seeking care and treatment. The entry notes that “increasing the ranks of AI/AN and UREM scientists conducting culturally grounded research will generate information that can guide effective future prevention and intervention programs.”
To read the blog entry, click here >
March 2010