PIRL Participants

Promoting Indigenous Research Leadership (PIRL) originated as an NIH-sponsored workshop held in Bozeman, MT, in February 2019 under an earlier name, "Bridging the Gap: From Application to Funding." The following are alumnae/-i of the program since 2019, along with links to their bios and any major grant funding received since the workshop.

November 2024 (Tempe, AZ)

Cole Allick, Washington State University
Ramona Beltrán, University of Denver
Sharon Bernecki DeJoy, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Evans, University of Michigan
Amanda Hunter, Arizona State University
Steffi Kim, University of Alaska Anchorage
Shannon Maloney, University of Nebraska Medical Center
MB (Marybeth) Mitcham, George Mason University
Heehyul Moon, University of Louisville
Candi Running Bear, Western New Mexico University
Jessica Saniġaq Ullrich, Washington State University
Rachel Wilbur, Washington State University

2024 workshop participants and mentors.

November 2023 (Tempe, AZ)

Joshuaa Allison-Burbank, Johns Hopkins University
Carolyn Camplain, Indiana University
Anthony Duncan, University of North Dakota
Marc Emerson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Julie Gameon, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (K01MD019282)
Danielle Gartner, Michigan State University
Heather Gordon, Child Trends
Jessica Hogan, Arizona State University
Matt Ignacio, Arizona State University
Christopher Kemp, Johns Hopkins University
Yeon-Shim Lee, San Francisco State University
Tennille Marley, Arizona State University
Christine Park, Adler Graduate School
Kathy Prue-Owens, University of Colorado–Colorado Springs
Cary Waubanascum, University of North Dakota

2023 workshop participants and mentors.

October 2022 (Grand Forks, ND)

Mentor Ahmeti, University of North Dakota
Elizabeth Anderson, Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation
Jada Brooks, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ricky Camplain,  Indiana University
Christian Ka'ikekuponoaloha Dye, Columbia University (K99HL173555)
Angela Fernandez,  National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Misty Hawkins, Indiana University
Tasha Seneca Keyes, California State University San Marcos
Naomi Lee, Northern Arizona University
Olivia Lindly, Northern Arizona University (1R01MH134177)
Brynn Luger, University of North Dakota
Justin Lund, Northern Arizona University
Victoria O'Keefe, Johns Hopkins University
Charlene Poola, Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
Soonhee Roh, University of South Dakota (R01CA288301)
Shawnda Schroeder, University of North Dakota
Julie Smith-Yliniemi, University of North Dakota
Sheldwin Yazzie, Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center

2022 workshop participants and mentors.

October 2021 (Bozeman, MT)

Tommy Begay, University of Arizona
Jessica Black, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dana Mowls Carroll, University of Minnesota (R01CA290675)
Ashley Cole, Oklahoma State University
LaVerne Xilegg Demientieff, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Vernon Grant, Montana State University
Kyle Hill, University of North Dakota
Katherine Hirchak, Washington State University
Allison Kelliher, Johns Hopkins University
Crystal Lee, University of New Mexico
Melanie Nadeau, University of North Dakota
Jennifer Richards, Johns Hopkins University (AZ)
Maile Taualii, Kaiser Permanente (HI)
Megan Zuelsdorff, University of Wisconsin–Madison

2021 workshop participants and mentors.

February 2019 (Bozeman, MT)

Elizabeth Aparicio, University of Maryland (1R01MD016037)
Richard Armenta, California State University, San Marcos (R25DA061948)
Lorenda Belone, University of New Mexico (1R01MD015011)
Shanondora Billiot, Arizona State University
Catherine McKinley, Tulane University (1R01AA028201)
Francine Gachupin, University of Arizona (1R01MD014127)
Emily Haozous,  Pacific Institute of Research and Evaluation
Katie Schultz, University of Michigan (R01DA060108, 1R21DA050518, 1R21DA053789)
Vanessa Simonds, Montana State University (NSF, 2006031)
Susan Sisson, University of Oklahoma