# Southwest Tribal Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH X)

> **NIH NIH S06** · ALBUQUERQUE AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD · 2020 · $160,703

## Abstract

PROJECT TITLE: Southwest Tribal NARCH X Center Overview
PROGRAM DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Kevin English
Project Summary/Abstract
The overarching goal of the Southwest Tribal NARCH X is to strengthen research partnerships among an
intertribal organization (Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.), five academic institutions (University of
New Mexico, New Mexico State University, Arizona State University, Université du Québec a Montréal, and the
University of Washington), and the 27 Tribes that comprise the Indian Health Service (IHS) Albuquerque Area,
to engage in meaningful and rigorous health research to address persistent health disparities witnessed among
American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) in the Southwest, while promoting a cadre of AI/AN scholars and
health research professionals. Together, the partnership will build upon our successful prior history of
collaboration in NARCH I, NARCH III, NARCH V, and NARCH VII to support health research projects
prioritized by the AI/AN communities in our region. Specific components of our Center will include: 1) an AI/AN
Student Career Enhancement Project that incorporates a researcher training program for AI/AN students,
financial assistance to AI/AN graduate students, and robust community-academic partnerships to strengthen
AI/AN student pipelines to health science degree programs; 2) a research project titled “Indoor Radon
Exposure and Radon-Associated Cancer Incidence in Tribal Communities”, to create a predictive spatial model
of indoor radon exposure risk for tribal communities in northern New Mexico; 3) a second research project
titled, “Stories of Resilience from the Southwest” that will utilize a strengths-based and narrative research
approach to identify factors of resiliency to develop culturally-based intervention models to decrease health
disparities; 4) a pilot research project titled, “Tribal Equine Assisted Psychotherapy: Building Youth Resiliency
Through Horses” that will test the efficacy of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) as a complementary
intervention with at-risk AI/AN adolescents and develop a culturally informed EAP implementation guide for use
in tribal settings; 5) a second pilot research project titled “Stakeholder-Identified Needs and Priorities for AI/AN
Children with Disabilities” to characterize the experience and needs of AI/AN children with disabilities (CWD)
across diverse AI/AN cultures and settings in order to use stakeholder-engaged processes to develop a
culturally-appropriate intervention to improve the health and quality of life of AI/AN CWD; and 6) the
administrative core, which will a) provide overall leadership and coordination to the Center and its components;
b) maintain the Southwest Tribal NARCH Community and Scientific Advisory Council (CSAC) to ensure
rigorous tribal oversight of all components and activities; and c) support the continued operation of the
Southwest Tribal Institutional Review Board (IRB) to advance the benefits of et...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9995518
- **Project number:** 5S06GM127936-03
- **Recipient organization:** ALBUQUERQUE AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD
- **Principal Investigator:** Kevin Charles English
- **Activity code:** S06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $160,703
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-17 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9995518

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9995518, Southwest Tribal Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH X) (5S06GM127936-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9995518. Licensed CC0.

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