Programs
Haemophilus influenzae Rapid Response investigation (HiRRI)
Historically, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children aged <5 years have suffered from invasive H. influen…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
HibVax Study
In partnership with the Navajo Nation and Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, we are conducting a study to assess wh…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
Honoring Life
Project Description:
The Honoring Life suicide prevention program adapts the White Mountain Apache Tribe’s Celeb…
Focus area(s):
Mental Wellbeing
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
Impact of Prevnar-13 on pneumococcal carriage and disease among Native American communities
Impact of Prevnar-13 on pneumococcal carriage and disease among Native American communities
Navajo and White Mountain A…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
Infant RSV Prevention Study (MELODY)
We are currently conducting a study to assess whether a new product, called Nirsevimab, protects infants against Respira…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
Pneumococcal Carriage among Native Americans in the Southwest Study (PNEU-CARE)
ABOUT:
This study will help us understand how much and which strains of pneumo are present in the community. The goa…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
Project SafeSchools
We were awarded a prestigious Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) grant from the NIH to help schools serving Nati…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
RSV Prevention Part II
We conducted the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prevention Phase II study to help us better understand if preventing …
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
RSV Prevention Phase II
Does preventing a common childhood infection in infancy reduce the risk of developing asthma in later childhood?
The …
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
Southwest Hub for American Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Research
Project information
The mission of the Southwest Hub for American Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Research (Southwest Hu…
Focus area(s):
Mental Wellbeing
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
