Research Core

Currently funded projects

Pilot Projects

• Addressing H. pylori Health Disparities by Evaluating the Role of the GI Microbiome on Inflammation and Helicobacter pylori Colonization in Patients on the Navajo Nation
• Advancing Liver Cancer Prevention for Arizona Indian Communities
• Exploring Native American Cervical Cancer Disparities through the Lens of the Vainal Microbiome
• Optimizing My Health My Choice (MHMC) to Promote Breast and Cervical Cancer Care for Native American Women with Disabilities

Past funded projects

• Helicobacter pylori and Stomach Cancer Among Native Americans in Northern Arizona
• Nitric Oxide in the Tumor Microenvironment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
• Improving Shared Decision-Making about Cancer Screening Among American Indian Women Experiencing Intellectual Disabilities
• Viewing Native American Cervical Cancer Disparities through the Lens of the Vaginal Microbiome
• Restoring Balance: Physical Activity and Cancer Among Native American Cancer Survivors
• Namitunatya: A Pilot Study to Assess Appropriateness of Male-Focused Native Patient Navigator and Mobile Phone Technology to Increase Preventive Care and Cancer Screenings for Hopi Men

• Disruption of Endocrine Pathways by Environmental Arsenic and Development of Estrogen Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer
• Microbes, Bile Acids, and Colorectal Cancer
• Functional genetic variants as modifiers of prostate cancer progression in Native Americans
• Physical Activity and Cancer among Native American Cancer Survivors
• Prostate Cancer Risk: Role of Genetic Variation in the microRNA Stress Response to Arsenic Exposure
• Molecular Mechanism in Thrombospondin-1 Mediated Angiogenesis
• Cancer Risk Factors and Screening Behaviors of the Hopi Tribe