Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Introductions:
- Rachael Tracy, IHS
Opening Prayer:
- Professor Dennis White, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal member, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College Faculty
Keynote Speakers
- Andria Apostolou, PhD, MPH, Senior Epidemiologist, Indian Health Service
“Sexually Transmitted Infections Epidemiology among AI/AN Communities & STI National Strategic Plan” - Sheila Caldwell, PhD, Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Program Director
“Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Program “
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Introductions:
- Carrie Billy, AIHEC
Opening Prayer
Keynote Speaker
- Jamie Ritchey, PhD, MPH, Tribal Epidemiological Center Director, ITCA
- Jonathan Davis, PhD, Geospatial Data Analyst and Program Manager, ITCA
“Tribal Epidemiology Centers”
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Introductions: Rachael Tracy, IHS
Opening Prayer:
- Harrison Platero, To’Hajiilee, Canõncito Band of Navajos
Keynote Speakers:
- Arun Balajee, PhD, Lead, Technical Assistance Team, Tribal Support Section, CDC COVID19 Response
“An Outbreak Investigation in a Tribal Nation and Lessons Learned” - Dave Wilson, PhD, Director, Tribal Health Research Office (Thro)
“Covid-19 Phase III Clinical Trials and Tribal Nations”
Navigating IHS and Tribal IRBs:
- Rachael Tracy, MPH, Indian Health Service Research Director, Chair of the National Institutional Review Board, Division of Planning, Evaluation, and Research
Student Session:
- Frank Morgan, Diné Language Teacher, Storyteller
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Introductions:
- Lillian Tom-Orme, NRN
Opening Prayer:
- Frank Morgan, Diné Language Teacher
Keynote Speaker:
- Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH, Vice President for Research and Director of the Policy Research Center, NCAI
- Dan Calac, MD
“NARCH: Community Based Participatory Research Programs”
Panel Discussion:
“Traditional Indigenous Medicine and Research”
The panel will discuss traditional Native medicine in the context of research among Native communities. Traditional medicine (TM) includes such components as daily practices of personal smudging or prayer, use of herbs, food as medicine, and sacred dance or songs. Among other discussion questions, panelists will address if there is a place for TM in research as we know it, how to integrate TM into research, and how to modify research methods to allow TM guidance for a more meaningful outcome in Native communities.
Babette L. Galang
Dr. John Molina
Mariddie Craig
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Introductions: Carrie Billy, AIHEC
Keynote Speakers
- Karletta Chief, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona
- Duane Chili Yazzie, President, Shiprock Chapter- Navajo Nation
“Social and Cultural Impacts on Diné Communities following the Gold King Mine Spill”
Presentations:
- Dr. Luis Cubano, NHGRI
“National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Research Training Funding Opportunities” - Delight Satter, MPH & JT Theofilos, EMBA, CDC
“PHAP 101: Does My Organization Want to Host an Associate?”
Student Activity:
- Dr. Otakuye Conroy-Ben, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University
“Wastewater-based Epidemiology in Tribal Communities”
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Introductions: Lillian Tom-Orme, NRN
Opening Prayer: Jerry Pardilla
Keynote Speaker:
Dedra Buchwald, MD, Director and Professor, Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University
“Small Populations Big Problems”
Panel Discussion:
“The Intersection of Research with Tribal Sovereignty and University IRBs”
Dr. Alexandra King
Dr. Deborah Morton
Dr. Malcolm King
Special Session:
Dr. Felicia Hodge Honor Ceremony
Honor Ceremony provided by Jerry Pardilla
Speaker:
Felicia Hodge, Dr.P.H.
“The Significance of Behavioral Factors in Developing Intervention Research among American Indians and Alaska Natives”
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Introductions: Yvonne Davis, IHS
Opening Prayer: Dr. Elmer Guy, President of Navajo Technical University
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Wilfred Denetclaw, Associate Professor, Department of Biology San Francisco State University
“Academia, Cell Biology, COVID19, and a Long Path Traveled from the Navajo Nation”
Student Activity:
Dr. Joseph Scott Gladstone, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor, Health Services Administration, University of New Haven
“Theory-Driven Social Marketing”
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Introductions: Carrie Billy, AIHEC
Opening Prayer: Clayton Shirt, Knowledge Keeper, Counselor, Traditional Native Healer, first degree member of the Three Fires Midewewin Lodge
Opening Remarks: RADM Michael D. Weahkee, MBA, MHSA, Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service, Director, Indian Health Service
Keynote Address:
Suzanne Stewart, PhD, Director, Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, University of Toronto
“Indigenous Health, Healing, and Research: COVID-19 Challenges & Strategies for Moving Forward”
Student Activity:
Dean S. Seneca, MPH, MCURP, CEO, Seneca Scientific Solutions
“What is Public Health?”