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Empowering AI/AN Health Researchers: Northwest NARCH 10 Program

Award Number: S06GM127164
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/16/2018
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2024

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Empowering AI/AN Health Researchers: Northwest NARCH 10 Program - PROJECT SUMMARY: Three premises underlie the development of our NW NARCH. First, despite longstanding efforts by tribal, federal, and state health care programs, the available data show substantial disparities in health for NW American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) compared to non-AI/AN. NW tribal leaders fear that their health status is getting worse instead of better; this fear unfortunately has been substantiated with health data that show increases in key chronic disease conditions instead of decreases over the past 20 years. Second, Indian communities distrust health research because of negative experiences with non-AI/AN researchers who did not respect tribal needs or sensitivities, even though carefully implemented health research has the potential to provide solutions to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, existing health disparities. Third, health research done by highly skilled AI/ANs who are sensitive to the culture and specific concerns of NW and other Indian communities can bridge the gap between academia and community, though currently we lack the critical mass of AI/AN researchers necessary to accomplish this task. In response to these three issues, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB or ‘the Board’) has established the NW NARCH to form a tribal-academic partnership for community-based health research focused on eliminating racial health disparities and will continue this partnership with this application. The NW Indian communities represented by NPAIHB have a long track record of coordinated efforts to improve their health status; our tribal-academic partnerships with Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University will build a wide-reaching and multi-layered infrastructure to increase the skills of AI/AN researchers, and address health problems of critical importance to the tribes. Our Board delegates and Community and Scientific Board of Advisors have directed us to pursue three projects in this application: 1) a fellowship and internship program that will increase the numbers of tribal people who are trained to conduct health and biomedical research that will be of direct utility to tribal people, 2) continuation of our Summer Research Training Institute for American Indian and Alaska Native health professionals, so that they can develop the skills needed to function as researchers in their current roles with their tribal organizations and 3) evaluate the efficacy of a text messaging intervention designed to reduce alcohol use and alcohol-related aggression among AI/AN young men. We trust that we will have substantial impact on AI/AN communities through supporting trainees and increasing the number of rigorously trained tribal people in conducting health and biomedical research of relevance to the tribes.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = -$180,156 )
2025	2021	NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD	920 NW 17TH AVE	PORTLAND	OR	97209	MULTNOMAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	4	4/9/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$180,156
														Subtotal = -$180,156

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2021	NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD	2121 SW BROADWAY STE 300	PORTLAND	OR	97201	MULTNOMAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	4	9/1/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2021	NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD	2121 SW BROADWAY STE 300	PORTLAND	OR	97201	MULTNOMAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	4	11/7/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $606,210 )
2021	2021	NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD	2121 SW BROADWAY STE 300	PORTLAND	OR	97201	MULTNOMAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	4	9/21/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$606,210
2021	2020	NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD	2121 SW BROADWAY STE 300	PORTLAND	OR	97201	MULTNOMAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	3	3/22/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $606,210

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $594,873 )
2020	2020	NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD	2121 SW BROADWAY STE 300	PORTLAND	OR	97201	MULTNOMAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	3	9/2/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$594,873
2020	2019	NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD	2121 SW BROADWAY STE 300	PORTLAND	OR	97201	MULTNOMAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	2	1/16/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $594,873

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $606,209 )
2019	2019	NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD	2121 SW BROADWAY STE 300	PORTLAND	OR	97201	MULTNOMAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	2	9/11/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$606,209
														Subtotal = $606,209

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $583,083 )
2018	2018	NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD	2121 SW BROADWAY STE 300	PORTLAND	OR	97201	MULTNOMAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	9/6/2018	NEW	$583,083
														Subtotal = $583,083

Grand Total All Awards = $2,210,219

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Empowering AI/AN Health Researchers: Northwest NARCH 10 Program

Award Number: S06GM127164

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/16/2018

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2024

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