THRO Director Dr. David R. Wilson and NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci address important questions surrounding COVID-19 research, clinical trials, and vaccines within American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
NIH shares meeting summary and slides from its annual TAC meeting, including virtual presentations from leaders across NIH and others involved in Tribal health research.
Alaska Native community members share perspectives with NIH-funded researchers on culturally tailored alcohol misuse and suicide prevention programs for Indigenous youth during NIAAA seminar.
NIH issues report from its Tribal Consultation seeking input from Tribal Nations on responsible data management and sharing practices and strategies, along with the identification of any additional resources that may need to be developed to assist researchers working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
NIH issues post-Consultation decisions from its Tribal Consultation on COVID-19 research seeking input from Tribes about ways NIH can support time-sensitive research that will provide vital information to help address COVID-19 in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Environmental Factor reports that three NIEHS grant recipients say exposure to uranium, arsenic, and other metals has increased a Tribe’s susceptibility to disease.
Research explores the integration of medication-based treatment with the healing traditions of American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Report notes rates of new cancers decreased among American Indian and Alaska Native men; and that colorectal cancer screening increased by 35% or more among AI/AN men and women.
Researchers followed the outcomes of nearly 12,000 pregnancies among women from Cape Town, South Africa and five sites in the U.S., including two American Indian Reservations in South Dakota and North Dakota.
THRO hosts a Native American Heritage Month lecture about substance use and mental health in American Indian and Alaska Native communities with Dr. Melissa Walls, director, Great Lakes Hub for the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health and associate professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.