# American Indian Wellness trhough Research Engagement Core

> **NIH NIH S06** · NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE · 2020 · $100,356

## Abstract

Program Summary: NWIC-AWIRE Administrative Core
The purpose of the Northwest Indian College-American Indian Wellness through Research Engagement
(NWIC-AIWRE) Center for Health) Administrative Core (AC) is to: (1) provide leadership, support and vision for
the three projects comprising the NWIC-AIWRE NARCH application; (2) facilitate active involvement in and
direction of NARCH activities by AIAN communities consistent with our commitment to a model of working
within tribally engaged and controlled and community-based leadership models and; (3) coordinate contact
with the NIH project officer/grants management and maintain compliance in administrative and fiscal reporting.
The AC will maintain effective two-way communications across various stakeholder groups to ensure that the
projects are engaging tribal communities in ways that maximize tribal control of data and outcomes and that
research goals and findings are congruent with the priorities and needs of the communities. The AC will
actively engage representatives from each of the communities that the NWIC and the Northwest Washington
Indian Health Board serve to ensure that the research supported by NWIC-AIWRE recognizes and bolsters
community wellness and effectively communicates research findings back to tribal leaders, community
members and policy makers so that the research findings can be translated more readily and effectively into
practice. By providing community-based leadership and control of the proposed projects aimed at reducing
health disparities the NWIC-AIWRE AC plays a critically important role in developing a solid foundation for
establishing tribally controlled research aimed at reducing health disparities and to a broader and sustainable
regional initiative in the Pacific Northwest to position AIAN tribes as leaders in wellness and resilience
research. To accomplish these goals the AC will build on the strengths of already established networks of
partners in the local tribal communities and the Northwest Washington Indian Health Board as well as newly
developed partnerships with research intensive institutions that have strong histories of conducting AIAN-
focused research to accomplish the following specific aims (SA).
SA1. Provide tribally engaged and controlled research support through the establishment of a tribal data and
safety oversight position.
SA2. Provide administrative, fiscal and data support for the student researcher careers enhancement project
and two research projects.
SA3. Coordinate community and scientific expert advisory support for the student researcher careers
enhancement project and two research projects.
SA4. Coordinate research support and mentorship opportunities from NWIC’s primary research-intensive
partner, the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10003337
- **Project number:** 5S06GM123552-04
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE
- **Principal Investigator:** STACY M. RASMUS
- **Activity code:** S06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $100,356
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-15 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10003337

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10003337, American Indian Wellness trhough Research Engagement Core (5S06GM123552-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10003337. Licensed CC0.

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