{"id":1686,"date":"2018-06-05T23:42:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T23:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/sherc\/?page_id=1686"},"modified":"2025-08-21T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:41:54","slug":"advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/advisory-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"SHERC Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>SHERC Advisory Committee<\/h1>\n<h2>Purpose<\/h2>\n<p>The SHERC Advisory Committee performs the following primary functions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advises on scientific, administrative, and programmatic matters<\/li>\n<li>Reviews the progress of research projects annually and makes recommendations for future directions<\/li>\n<li>Assists with concept development and program planning, program assessment, faculty development and mentoring, and identification of resources, as appropriate<\/li>\n<li>Convenes by telephone as needed and are expected to meet in person at least once a year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Learn more about members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/advisory-committee\/biographies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SHERC Advisory Committee<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Members<\/h2>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-391 size-square-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/2018\/07\/Amanda-Aguirre_v2_Square_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/advisory-committee\/biographies\">Amanda Aguirre, MA, RD<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Advisory Committee Member<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>President and CEO<\/strong>\n<\/em><em>Regional Center for Border Health, Inc <\/em><em>and its subsidiary corporations<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Guadalupe-X-Suchi-Ayala-Headshot-square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6856 size-square-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Guadalupe-X-Suchi-Ayala-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Guadalupe-X-Suchi-Ayala-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Guadalupe-X-Suchi-Ayala-Headshot-square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Guadalupe-X-Suchi-Ayala-Headshot-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Guadalupe-X-Suchi-Ayala-Headshot-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Guadalupe-X-Suchi-Ayala-Headshot-square-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Guadalupe-X-Suchi-Ayala-Headshot-square-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Guadalupe-X-Suchi-Ayala-Headshot-square-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/advisory-committee\/biographies\/\">Guadalupe X. Ayala, PhD, MPH<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Advisory Committee Member<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Distinguished Professor of\u00a0 Public Health\n<\/strong>San Diego State University (SDSU)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Director<\/strong>\n<\/em><em>Institute for Behavioral and Community Health<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Director<\/strong>\n<\/em><em>SDSU HealthLINK Endowment<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Co-Director<\/strong>\n<\/em><em>SDSU HealthLINK Center for Transdisciplinary Health Disparities Research\n<\/em><em>San Diego State University, California<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Co-Director<\/strong>\n<\/em><em>Imperial County Clinical Research Network for Health Equity\n<\/em><em>San Diego State University, California<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-391 size-square-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/2018\/06\/Heitkemper_Margaret_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/advisory-committee\/biographies\/\">Margaret Heitkemper, RN, PhD, FAAN<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Advisory Committee Member<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Professor<\/strong>\n<\/em><em>University of Washington<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/portrait_staff_johnsonJarrett.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7939 size-square-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/portrait_staff_johnsonJarrett-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/portrait_staff_johnsonJarrett-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/portrait_staff_johnsonJarrett-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/portrait_staff_johnsonJarrett.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/advisory-committee\/biographies\/\">Jarrett Johnson, DrPH, MS<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Advisory Committee Member<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><em><strong>Project Scientist<\/strong>\n<\/em><em>National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>National Institutes of Health<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-391 size-square-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/2018\/06\/Jones_Nancy_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/advisory-committee\/biographies\/\">Nancy Jones, PhD, MA<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Advisory Committee Member<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong><em>Program Official\n<\/em><\/strong><em>Division of Scientific Programs<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>Community Health and Population Sciences\n<\/em><em>National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>National Institutes of Health<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Myra-Parker-square.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-square-image wp-image-7015 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Myra-Parker-square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Myra-Parker-square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Myra-Parker-square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/Myra-Parker-square.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/advisory-committee\/biographies\/\">Myra Parker, JD, MPH, PhD<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Advisory Committee Member<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><em><strong>Director<\/strong>\n<\/em><em>Seven Directions: A Center for Indigenous Health<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Associate Professor<\/strong>\n<\/em><em>Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>School of Medicine\n<\/em><em>University of Washington<\/em>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-391 size-square-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/2018\/07\/Karen-Pugliesi_new_square_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/advisory-committee\/biographies\/\">Karen Pugliesi, PhD<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Advisory Committee Member<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><em><span class=\"text-heavy\"><strong>Executive Vice President and University Provost<\/strong>\n<\/span><\/em><em>Office of the Provost<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>Northern Arizona University<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/kim-russellsquare.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-square-image wp-image-7019\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/kim-russellsquare-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/392\/kim-russellsquare-300x300.png 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