UAA psychology students receive prestigious National Institute of Health fellowships
by Michelle Saport |
Two students in the joint UAA-UAF Clinical-Community Psychology Ph.D. program, Maria Crouch and Jordan Skan, have received prestigious NIH minority research fellowship awards. Both students will work on their own developed projects as part of an NIH-funded research project, "Technology Innovations for Supporting Health in Alaska Native People (TISHANP)," with Judith Prochaska, Ph.D., M.P.H., from Stanford University School of Medicine as the principal investigator.
As part of the application process, both Maria and Jordan had to develop and submit extensive proposals. The NIH grant reviewers were so impressed, they made an unusual decision to fund both proposals. Both have been students in the Alaska Native Community Advancement in Psychology (ANCAP) Program since they were undergraduates. Jordan also previously served as a coordinator for ANCAP.
Maria Crouch-Alaska Native (Athabascan) and Mexican; born in Anchorage-is a first-year UAA doctoral student. Maria proposed a project to develop and evaluate a culturally-relevant measure of wellbeing-valuable to the project as it is targeting multiple cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks for change. Her proposal was granted four years funding.
Jordan Skan-Alaska Native (Tlingit); from Ketchikan-is a fifth-year UAA doctoral student. Jordan proposed a project focused on informed consent issues with sensitivity to culture, technology, geography and clinical vs. research considerations-valuable to the project given the intricacies with our remote clinical trial in rural Alaska. His proposal was granted funding for two years.
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