Knowledge Center
Center publications reflect the highest standards in public health research and scholarship. Our faculty, staff and community partners submit papers to competitive journals that are thought leaders in their field. These are then rigorously reviewed by peer experts prior to approval and publishing. All publications that incorporate data specific to tribal nations are reviewed and approved first by a Tribal Internal Review Board (IRB).
Centering Indigenous Knowleges and Worldviews: Applying the Indigenist Ecological Systems Model to youth Mental Health and Wellness Research and Prgrams
05/21/2022
O’keefe, V.M., Fish, J., Maudrie, T.L., Hunter, A., Tai Rakena H.G., Ullrich, J.S., Clifford, C., Crawford, A., Corckie, T., Walls, M., Haroz, E.E., Cwik, M., Whitesell, N.R., Barlow, A.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Focus area(s):
Mental Health Promotion
A Longitudinal Study of Positive Mental Health and Coping among Indigenous Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
05/19/2022
Kelley Sittner, Kaley Herman, Miigis Gonzalez, & Melissa Walls
Anxiety, Stress, & Coping
Focus area(s):
Diabetes & Obesity Prevention
Socio-cultural Integration and Holistic Health among Indigenous Young Adults
05/18/2022
Melissa Walls, Dane Hautala, Ashley Cole, *Lucas Kosobuski, Nikki Weiss, Kyle Hill, & Ozhaawashkodewe’iganiikwe Williams
BMC Public Health
Focus area(s):
Cultural Strengths
Carriage prevalence and genomic epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus among Native American children and adults in the Southwestern USA
05/01/2022
Cella E, Sutcliffe CG, Tso C, Paul E, Ritchie N, Colelay J, Denny E, Grant LR, Weatherholtz RC, Hammitt LL, Azarian T
Microb Genom
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
The Role of Social Support in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among American Indians: A Qualitative Study
05/01/2022
*Izza Atiqa, Ishak, Melissa Walls, & Benjamin Aronson
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
Focus area(s):
Diabetes & Obesity Prevention
Early outpatient treatment for COVID-19 with convalescent plasma
03/30/2022
Sullivan DJ, Gebo KA, Shoham S, Bloch EM, Lau B, Shenoy AG, Mosnaim GS, Gniadek TJ, Fukuta Y, Patel B, Heath SL, Levine AC, Meisenberg BR, Spivak ES, Anjan S, Huaman MA, Blair JE, Currier JS, Paxton JH, Gerber JM, Petrini JR, Broderick PB, Rausch W, Cordisco ME, Hammel J, Greenblatt B, Cluzet VC, Cruser D, Oei K, Abinante M, Hammitt LL, Sutcliffe CG, Forthal DN, Zand MS, Cachay ER, Raval JS, Kassaye SG, Foster EC, Roth M, Marshall CE, Yarava A, Lane K, McBee NA, Gawad AL, Karlen N, Singh A, Ford DE, Jabs DA, Appel LJ, Shade DM, Ehrhardt S, Baksh SN, Laeyendecker O, Pekosz A, Klein SL, Casadevall A, Tobian AAR, Hanley DF
N Engl J Med
Focus area(s):
COVID-19 Response & Prevention
Safety and efficacy of a third dose of BNT162b Covid-19 vaccine
03/23/2022
Moreira ED Jr, Kitchin N, Xu X, Dychter SS, Lockhart S, Gurtman A, Perez JL, Zerbini C, Dever ME, Jennings TW, Brandon DM, Cannon KD, Koren MJ, Denham DS, Berhe M, Fitz-Patrick D, Hammitt LL, Klein NP, Nell H, Keep G, Wang X, Koury K, Swanson KA, Cooper D, Lu C, Türeci Ö, Lagkadinou E, Tresnan DB, Dormitzer PR, Şahin U, Gruber WC, Jansen KU; C4591031 Clinical Trial Group
N Engl J Med
Focus area(s):
COVID-19 Response & Prevention
Cultural Efficacy as a Novel Component of Understanding Linkages between Culture and Mental Health in Indigenous Communities
03/14/2022
Miigis Gonzalez, Kelley Sittner, & Melissa Walls
American Journal of Community Psychology
Focus area(s):
Cultural Strengths
Mental Health Promotion
Nirsevimab for prevention of RSV in healthy late-preterm and term infants
03/03/2022
Hammitt LL, Dagan R, Yuan Y, Baca Cots M, Bosheva M, Madhi SA, Muller WJ, Zar HJ, Brooks D, Grenham A, Wählby Hamrén U, Mankad VS, Ren P, Takas T, Abram ME, Leach A, Griffin MP, Villafana T; MELODY Study Group
N Engl J Med
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Historical Trauma and Oppression: Associations with Internalizing Outcomes among American Indian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
02/28/2022
*Stephanie Gillson, Dane S. Hautala, Kelley J. Sittner, & Melissa L. Walls
Transcultural Psychiatry
Focus area(s):
Diabetes & Obesity Prevention
