The Oklahoma Native Research Centers for Health (ONARCH) will present a Native American research conference Tuesday - Wednesday, Aug. 17 - 18, at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.
"Pathways to Wellness - Native American Research Partnerships" will feature presentations from researchers funded by Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) as well as tribal health representatives and other researchers involved in Native American medical research.
Some of the NARCH funded research topics to be presented at the conference include Rheumatoid Disease in Native Americans, Native American Cultural Competency in Research and Community Based Participatory Research.
NARCH student development project members from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center will also present posters at the event.
The conference will also be a venue for panel discussions on issues related to research with Native Americans.
For more information, contact Belle Harjo at (580) 310-7945 or belle.harjo@chickasaw.net.
About Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH):
The Native American Research Centers for Health is jointly supported by the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). NARCH helps develop opportunities for conducting research, research training and faculty development to meet the needs of the Native American and Alaska Native communities and supports partnerships between the communities and the institutions that conduct intensive academic-level biomedical, behavioral and health services research. As a developmental process, the tribes and tribal organizations are able to build a research infrastructure, including a core component for capacity building and the possibility of reducing the many health disparities prevalent in Native American and Alaska Native communities. For more information, please visit http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/Research/narch.cfm.
