{"id":15,"date":"2023-05-15T21:58:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T21:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:36:45","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Projects<\/h1>\n<p>Read about the work being done on two cancer related projects focusing on Native American cancer risks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe Navajo Cancer Workgroup: Enhancing impact of epidemiological data for cancer prevention and control among the Navajo people,\u201d led by\u00a0Hendrick (Dirk) de Heer, professor in the Department of Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEnvironmental Exposures from Legacy Mining as a Social Determinant of Health Linked to Kidney Cancer,\u201d led by Regents\u2019 Professor\u00a0Jani Ingram, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and principal investigator of the Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;My Health My Choice: Improving breast and cervical cancer screening for Native American women with intellectual and developmental disabilities,&#8221; led by Drs. Darold Joseph and Julie Armin in partnership with the Tucson Indian Center and Hopi Cancer Support Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"eplus-image-tiles-row not-in-view\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/projects\/navajo-cancer-workgroup\/\" class=\"eplus-image-tiles-col\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"eplus-image-tiles\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/05\/C-NACHE-2022-13-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br class=\"editor-only\" \/><span class=\"eplus-image-tiles-link shortcode-button\">Navajo Cancer Workgroup<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/projects\/examining-environmental-exposures\/\" class=\"eplus-image-tiles-col\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"eplus-image-tiles\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/05\/PNACP_018-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br class=\"editor-only\" \/><span class=\"eplus-image-tiles-link shortcode-button\">Examining Environmental Exposures<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eplus-image-tiles-row not-in-view\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/projects\/my-health-my-choice\/\" class=\"eplus-image-tiles-col\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"eplus-image-tiles alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2025\/10\/Darold-Julie-w-Devine-Holmes-Jessica-Onsae_American-Indian-Disability-Summit-in-April-2024-1-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><br class=\"editor-only\" \/><span class=\"eplus-image-tiles-link shortcode-button\">My Health My Choice<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/div><br class=\"editor-only\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Projects Read about the work being done on two cancer related projects focusing on Native American cancer risks. \u201cThe Navajo Cancer Workgroup: Enhancing impact of epidemiological data for cancer prevention and control among the Navajo people,\u201d led by\u00a0Hendrick (Dirk) de Heer, professor in the Department of Health Sciences \u201cEnvironmental Exposures from Legacy Mining as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1400,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}