Darold Joseph, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator

https://in.nau.edu/ine/program-staff/

Darold Joseph is a faculty member at Northern Arizona University. He is leading the My Health My Choice program with Julie Armin. His goal in working with the My Health My Choice program is to help women with disabilities ask for the health care services they want to get.

Janet Rothers, PhD

Co-Investigator

Janet Rothers is an epidemiologist at the University of Arizona. She helps create surveys and reports that describe how well the MHMC program is working. Janet's goal in working with the MHMC program is to find out what works best so that MHMC can help as many people as possible.

Julie Armin, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator

https://www.fcm.arizona.edu/profile/julie-s-armin-phd

Julie Armin is a teacher and cancer researcher in the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Arizona. She is also affiliated with the Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities. She is leading the My Health My Choice program with Heather Williamson. Julie’s goal in working with the My Health My Choice program is to improve cancer care for Native American women with disabilities.

Marissa Adams

Project Coordinator

Marissa Adams serves as the Project Coordinator and is a member of the Hopi Tribe in Northern Arizona. Marissa holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Community Health and works closely with the Arizona Native American tribes to help enhance Cancer Screening for women with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities.

Tucson Indian Center

Hopi Cancer Support Services

Hopi Health Educator

Jessica D. Onsae

Hello! My name is Jessica Onsae and I am Hopi from the village of Munqapi. I am a wife and mother to 3 beautiful children. I am currently working as a Community Health Educator with the Native American Cancer Prevention Program through Northern Arizona University.

Tucson Indian Center Health Educator

Christina Luna

Tucson Indian Center Health Educator

Valerie Nichols

Michele Lee

Michele Lee is a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Health at Northern Arizona University. She also works as a research coordinator for The Institute of Human Development.

Bailey Lockwood

Bailey holds degrees in Anthropology and German Studies from the University of Arizona. Her research explores the representation of Native American women with IDD in health surveillance and the factors that shape data disparities for this group.

Celeste Núñez

Celeste started her work with this project in 2020. Her career goal is to become a physician and help bridge language barriers across our Spanish speaking community. She holds a degree in Medical Studies from Arizona State University.

Andria Begay

Ya'at'eeh! My name is Andria Begay and I have worked with the project during my time at Northern Arizona University and am now a doctoral student at the University of North Dakota.