# Collaborative Hub to Reduce the Burden of Suicide among Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Youth

> **NIH NIH U19** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2020 · $189,172

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
The Collaborative Hub to Reduce the Burden of Suicide among Urban American Indian and Alaska Native
Youth (the “Urban Hub”) is organized as an Administrative Core and a Suicide Prevention Project, known as
Suicide Prevention in Urban Native Kids and Youth (SPUNKY). The Administrative Core will be directed by
Spero Manson, PhD, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
assisted by Dedra Buchwald, MD, Elson S. Floyd School of Medicine, Washington State University. Both
Principal Investigators are highly regarded and known for their work in mental health and health disparities
among Native populations. Their respective institutions have formidable strengths in community-based
participatory research, innovative community education and outreach efforts, interventions, and field work with
diverse Native populations. The Core will provide both day-to-day and long-term direction and support to the 2
Urban Indian Health Organizations that will implement SPUNKY: the Seattle Indian Health Board in Seattle and
First Nations Community Healthsource in Albuquerque. It will manage, coordinate, and supervise all activities;
monitor progress; ensure that research and partnership plans are implemented; verify that all research is
carried out in compliance with Federal regulations and policies; and direct the dissemination activities. Our
Specific Aims are to: 1) Support logistical and field operations, such as coordinating meetings and travel,
across the Urban Hub and SPUNKY project sites; academic and urban Indian agencies; and community
partnerships; 2) Oversee a management, organizational, and communication plan that stimulates, coordinates,
integrates, and monitors activities and functions across SPUNKY sites, academic, urban Indian agencies, and
community stakeholders; 3) Supervise and facilitate implementation of key strategic decisions, research
regulatory processes, data sharing plans, and timely transfer of data; 4) Collaborate on program planning,
review, and evaluation to ensure the success of the Urban Hub and SPUNKY; 5) Convene the Steering
Committee; Executive Committee; Working Group; Outreach, Engagement, and Dissemination Committee;
Publications/Presentations Committee, and Data Safety and Monitoring Board, and 6) Establish, nurture, and
sustain respectful partnerships with diverse community, urban, tribal, and academic entities to promote the
Urban Hub's agenda and ultimately reduce suicide among Native youth and young adults. Dr. Manson will be
responsible for the overall planning and coordination of the Urban Hub (e.g., budget, oversight of personnel
appointments, space allocation). He will also monitor research and educational activities, identify resource
needs, and promote collaborations among Urban Hub members to facilitate an integrated approach to the
Hub's research goals. Dr. Buchwald will be responsible for the randomized controlled trial of the texting
intervention to increase connectednes...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9949795
- **Project number:** 5U19MH113135-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** SPERO MARTIN MANSON
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $189,172
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9949795

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9949795, Collaborative Hub to Reduce the Burden of Suicide among Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Youth (5U19MH113135-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9949795. Licensed CC0.

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