# WMAT-JHU NARCH X Application

> **NIH NIH S06** · WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE · 2021 · $531,746

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY:
The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) have partnered
successfully on NARCH I, III, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX. Each NARCH application has included an
integrated focus on training and community driven research which has deepened our understanding
of local and cross-tribal health disparities, produced new public health solutions and added to the
continuous development of our innovative training model that combines student and faculty
development. Overall goals of the WMAT-JHU NARCH X initiative are to: 1) increase the pool of
trained American Indian/ Alaska Native (AI/AN) scientists and research professionals; 2) strengthen
our partnership with JHU and other research institutions through innovative community-based
participatory research combining WMA and western cultural and scientific knowledge and world
views; and 3) field innovative, strengths-based and culturally driven research to combat major AI/AN
health disparities. The WMAT-JHU NARCH X application includes four components to meet these
goals: 1) a student and faculty development project that will integrate academic and field-based
research training, and 2) three NARCH research projects to: a) address the growing burden of
invasive and life-threatening Staphylococcus aureus and Group A Strep infectious diseases; b)
reduce trauma-related risks for substance abuse and suicide, and c) address diabetes risk and
protective factors among diabetic parents and their adolescent children through a family-based home-
visiting intervention. The research projects are focused on tribal-specific priorities and designed to
provide a supportive, multi-disciplined platform for training Apache investigators on broad scientific
research methods. Methodological approaches and rigorous evaluation designs will contribute new
cultural and scientific understanding to protective factor-based intervention development and
outcomes in AI/AN settings. Apache scientists will build skills in: biomedical and behavioral sciences,
qualitative and quantitative research methods, culturally grounded development and deep structure
adaptation of strengths-based evidence-informed interventions; and, rigorous, culturally competent
evaluation approaches. The studies are built upon previous NARCH research findings, will apply
innovative methods and approaches, and tap cultural and community assets to address major AI
health disparities across the lifespan with potential for intergenerational impact. Activities have been
selected and will be guided by the existing White Mountain Apache NARCH Community Advisory
Board.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10271248
- **Project number:** 5S06GM127981-04
- **Recipient organization:** WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE
- **Principal Investigator:** MARIDDIE J CRAIG
- **Activity code:** S06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $531,746
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-20 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10271248

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10271248, WMAT-JHU NARCH X Application (5S06GM127981-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10271248. Licensed CC0.

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