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2023

  First Last Mentor Title
Amber Herrod
Amber Herrod
Diné/Navajo
(Fort Lewis College)
Julia Brasch, PhD Cell Adhesion Mechanism of Drosophila Neuronal Cadherin 
Amber Herrod
Amber Thomas
Diné/Navajo
(University of Utah)
Marcus Pezzolesi, PhD Identification of Population-Specific Putative Loss-of-Function (pLOF) Variants in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders 
Bethany Mejia
Bethany Mejia
Cherokee Nation
(Northeastern State University)
Adam Hughes, PhD Levodopa Toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Bryann Rainbow
Bryann Rainbow
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
(University of North Dakota)
Katsu Funai, PhD aging population has increased the frailty burden of older individuals and socio-economic infrastructure
Cara Lewis
Cara Lewis
Descendent Lakota 
(Dartmouth College)
Sihem Boudina, PhD Sex-specific role of prdm16 in cardiac development
Cheylah Bitsui NARI alumni
Cheylah Bitsui
Diné/Navajo
(Northwest Nazarene University)
Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD Postnatal Growth Restriction and Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplementation Increases Expression of a Dominant Negative PPARg Splice Variant in Rat Lung
Chiara Holgate
Chiara Holgate
Diné/Navajo
(Northern Arizona University)
Kalani Raphael, MD Association Between Diet Acidity and Alkalinity with Musculoskeletal Health in US Veterans
Dylan Bia
Dylan Bia
Diné/Navajo
(Arizona State University)
Karen Wilcox, PhD Determining Astrocyte Reactivity Following NG2 Glial Cell Deletion Model”
Dylan Skrzynski
Dylan Skrzynski
Douglas Indian Association
(Utah Valley University )
Scott Summers, PhD Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of death and disability in people with diabetes mellitus (DM) with over 50% of DM patients dying from cardiovascular related events.
Erena  Kolb
Erena Kolb
Diné/Navajo
(Southern Utah University)
Stacey Clardy, MD, PhD Long-term Unmet Needs in the Recovering Autoimmune Encephalitis Community
Gianni Lacey-Howard
Gianni Lacey-Howard
Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
(Duke University)
Guillaume Hoareau, DVM, PhD Trauma is the number one cause of death for Americans between the ages of 1 and 46
Grace Dewyer
Grace Dewyer
Diné/Navajo
(Duke University)
Ellen Leffler, PhD Blood Group Variation in Non-human Primates at the Duffy Locus
Jamie Dan
Jamie Dan
Diné/Navajo
(University of Utah)
Michelle Debbink, MD, PhD Mental health conditions during pregnancy and postpartum exhibit a cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly in the weeks and months after delivery
Jonah Holiday
Jonah Holiday
Diné/Navajo
(Arizona State University)
Elizabeth Keating, MD Pediatric burn injuries in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly Sub-Saharan Africa
Joshua Henry
Joshua Henry
White Mountain Apache Tribe
(University of Arizona)
Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD Elucidating NFATc1 Protein Expression in Zebrafish Heart: Implications for Atrial Fibrillation Susceptibility
Leonard Almero
Leonard Almero
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
(Fullerton College)
Joe Yost, PhD Jag2b, a notch signaling pathway, is required to prevent adult-onset cardiomyopathy in zebrafish
Malique Valle
Malique Valle
Diné/Navajo
(Arizona State University )
Owen Chan, PhD Hypoglycemia Stimulates the Local Production of Lactate in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus
Mallorie Crissler
Mallorie Crissler
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
(University of North Dakota)
Kristina Surosa-Johnson, PhD Adolescent and Young Adults with Differences of Sex Development: Involvement and Experiences Making Medical Decisions
Mariah  Lee
Mariah   Lee
Diné/Navajo
(Diné College)
Barbara Jones, MD Evaluating the Impact of Project HAPPEN on NV-HAP Rates in the Veteran Affairs Healthcare System
Marissa Gourd
Marissa Gourd
Spirit Lake Tribe
(Dartmouth College)
Michael Werner, PhD Using Axenic Culture to understand Mouth Morphology of Pristionchus pacificus
Mateo  Perez
Mateo   Perez
Picuris Pueblo 
(Dartmouth College)
KC Brennan, MD Migraine is a disorder that ranges in clinical severity from milder episodic migraine (EM) to severe chronic migraine (CM)––a debilitating condition for people with migraine
Nathan Nez
Nathan Nez
Diné/Navajo
(University of Utah)
Shawn Owen, PhD Engineering a blocking peptide to increase cancer cell targeting
Nathan Ramey
Nathan Ramey
Yakima Nations
(University of Utah)
Joanne Grudziak, MD, PhD  Patient-Reported Outcome Measuring Emergency General Surgery: Increasing Response Rates
Nizhoni Porter
Nizhoni Porter
Diné/Navajo
(University of Utah )
Anandh Velayutham, PhD Gut Microbes are Associated with the Beneficial Effect of Dietary Strawberries on BloodPressure in Diabetic Mice
Precious Harrison
Precious Harrison
Diné/Navajo
(San Juan College)
Paul Sigala, PhD Exploring the Impact Doxycycline on Iron Utilization in the Malaria Parasite Apicoplast.
Qootsvenma Denipah-Cook
Qootsvenma Denipah-Cook
Ohkay Owingeh
(Fort Lewis)
Nels Elde, PhD Tetrahymena and Aquatic Viral Interactions: Tetrahymena and Aquatic Viral Interactions:
Raven Sevilleja
Raven Sevilleja
Fond du Lac Ojibwe
(University of Minnesota Morris)
Randall Peterson, PhD Quantification of Antiviral Responses in GFP Reporter Larval Zebrafish
Zoe John
Zoe John
Diné/Navajo
(Utah State University)
Corrine Welt, MD 29 Gene Variants in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and their Association with 15 Identified Phenotypes