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Native Communities: Alcohol Intervention Review (NativeAIR)

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NativeAIR Acknowledgments

Editors

Judith A. Arroyo, Ph.D.
Senior Editor, NativeAIR
Coordinator of Minority Health and Health Disparities (retired), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Special Advisor to Director (retired), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Annika C. Montag, Ph.D.
Associate Editor—Prevention and FASD, NativeAIR
Project Scientist, Department of Pediatrics
University of California San Diego

Nichea S. Spillane, Ph.D.
Associate Editor—Treatment, NativeAIR
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Rhode Island
Tribal Affiliation: Maliseet

NIAAA/NIH Staff

Aamna Bhatti, M.S.
Project Manager, NativeAIR
Program Analyst, Office of Science Policy and Communications
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Bridget Williams-Simmons, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Science Policy and Communications
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Laura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D.
Science Policy Branch Chief, Office of Science Policy and Communications
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Laura C. Manella, Ph.D.
Health Science Policy Analyst, Office of Science Policy and Communications
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Pamela Wernett, Ph.D.
Senior Health Science Policy Analyst, Office of Science Policy and Communications
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Troy Zarcone, Ph.D.
Health Scientist, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Development Team

James Allen, Ph.D.
Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team
Department of Biobehavioral Health & Population Sciences
University of Minnesota Medical School

Judith A. Arroyo, Ph.D.
Senior Editor, NativeAIR
Coordinator of Minority Health and Health Disparities (retired), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Special Advisor to Director (retired), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Denise Dillard, Ph.D.
Director, Research Department
Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AK
Tribal Affiliation: Inupiaq Eskimo

Jessica D. Hanson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Human Sciences
University of Minnesota, Duluth

Annika C. Montag, Ph.D.
Associate Editor—Prevention and FASD, NativeAIR
Project Scientist, Department of Pediatrics
University of California San Diego

Roland Moore, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Scott Okamoto, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Professor
University of Hawai’i Cancer Center

Erica Blue Roberts, Ph.D., M.H.S.
Deputy Director of the Tribal Evaluation Institute
James Bell Associates
Tribal Affiliation: Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

Ursula Runningbear, Ph.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor, Public Health Program
University of North Dakota
Tribal Affiliation: Sicangu Lakota

Nichea S. Spillane, Ph.D.
Associate Editor – Treatment, NativeAIR
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Rhode Island
Tribal Affiliation: Maliseet

Kamilla Venner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of New Mexico
Tribal Affiliation: Athabascan Tribe

Melissa L. Walls, Ph.D.
Bloomberg Associate Professor of American Health, Department of International Health
Director, Great Lakes Hub, Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Tribal Affiliation: Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe & Couchiching First Nation Anishinaabe

Reviewers

James Allen, Ph.D.
Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team
Department of Biobehavioral Health & Population Sciences
University of Minnesota Medical School

Ashley B. Cole, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Oklahoma State University
Tribal Affiliation: Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma

Susan Collins, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
Washington State University

Ashleigh Coser
Psychologist, Cherokee Nation Health Services
Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
University of Washington
Tribal Affiliation: Muscogee Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations

Meghan A. Crabtree, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research
Department of Psychology
Colorado State University

Maria C. Crouch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Adjunct, Department of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
Tribal Affiliation: Deg Hit'an and Coahuiltecan Tribes

Arielle R. Deutsch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
University of South Dakota School of Medicine

Denise Dillard, Ph.D.
Director, Research Department
Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AK
Tribal Affiliation: Inupiaq Eskimo

Lisa G. Dirks
Doctoral Candidate, Information School
University of Washington

Jessica H. L. Elm, Ph.D., M.S.W.
American Indian Child Resource Center
Centers for Disease Control
Tribal Affiliation: Oneida Nation, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans

Brady Garrett, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health
Tribal Affiliation: Oklahoma Cherokee Nation

Brenna Greenfield, Ph.D., LP
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health
University of Minnesota Medical School

Jessica D. Hanson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health
University of Minnesota, Duluth

Vanessa Hiratsuka Ph.D., M.P.H.
Senior Researcher, Research Department
Southcentral Foundation
Tribal Affiliation: Navajo and Winnemem Wintu

Katherine Hirchak, Ph.D., MHPA
Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Washington State University
Tribal Affiliation: Eastern Shoshone

Carol Kaufman, Ph.D., M.A.
Professor, Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health
Department of Community & Behavioral Health

Stephen Kulis, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Sociology
Arizona State University

Mike McDonnel, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Washington State University
University of Colorado

Nathaniel Mohatt, Ph.D.
Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, Division of Prevention and Community Research
Yale University School of Medicine

Sandra L. Momper, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan
Tribal Affiliation: Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Roland Moore, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Scott Okamoto, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Professor, Population Sciences
University of Hawai’i Cancer Center

Stacy M. Rasmus, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR)
Institute of Arctic Biology
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Traci Rieckman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University

Erica Blue Roberts, Ph.D., M.H.S.
Senior Research Associate
Deputy Director of the Tribal Evaluation Institute
James Bell Associates
Tribal Affiliation: Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

Ursula Runningbear, Ph.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor, Public Health Program
University of North Dakota
Tribal Affiliation: Sicangu Lakota

Melissa R. Schick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine

Katie Schultz, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
University of Michigan
Tribal Affiliation: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Jennifer L. Shaw, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher, Research Department
Southcentral Foundation

Monica C. Skewes, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
Montana State University

Nicole Tuitt, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health
University of Colorado School of Public Health

Kamilla Venner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of New Mexico
Tribal Affiliation: Athabascan Tribe

Melissa L. Walls, Ph.D.
Bloomberg Associate Professor of American Health, Department of International Health
Director, Great Lakes Hub, Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Tribal Affiliation: Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe & Couchiching First Nation Anishinaabe

Dennis Wendt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
McGill University

Nicole P. Yuan, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor & Program Director
Health Promotion Sciences Department
University of Arizona

Special thanks to the following individuals for their feedback on NativeAIR: Sheila Caldwell, Kelli Komro, Bill Dunty, Catherine McKinley, Dan Calac, Dawn Wayman, George Koob, Kathy Jung, Ray Litten, Stacy Rasmus, Tatiana Balachova and Tina Pattara-Lau.

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