LaDonna Becenti

Title: Research Program Assistant II

Location: Fort Defiance, AZNavajo Nation

Biography

LaDonna joined the Center for Indigenous Health in April of 2002. She works as a Research Assistant II at Fort Defiance, AZ and provides help to the Center’s sites in Gallup, NM and Chinle, AZ when needed. She has worked on the Rotavirus study, and has assist with the Maternal Flu study, Long Term NP study, PCV 13 and PCV 15 studies, Water Quality study, HIRRI study, SPNG study, RSV study, Pneumococcal Study, MELODY study, and Rotavirus study. She is currently working with the Covid-19 and HibVax studies.

She feels that the field of clinical research is one of the fundamental areas of science in today’s modern society and feels privileged to observe changes and potentially discover positive outcomes.