Boston, MA

Brigham & Women's Hospital - Division of Global Health Equity

Growing Our Own Researchers: Community Engaged Research on Navajo Nation

$45K Finalists

Research can be powerful and meaningful, however, in order to accomplish this, research must be approached in a respectful, thoughtful and engaging way with tribal communities. There is distrust in tribal communities when it comes to research. We would like to empower communities to have a voice when it comes to research. We will learn from community members about ways to do community-engaged research and then train students, researchers and community members on these practices.

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Solution Location

Shiprock, NM

Tsaile, AZ

Window Rock, AZ

Let’s build community trust and improve people’s health and well-being.

The NIH Build UP Trust Challenge will award as many as ten Finalists up to $45,000 each and the opportunity to win one of four $200,000 prizes for promising strategies that increase research participation and the adoption of medical care by building trust and improving engagement with historically underserved communities.