Bonnie Duran, DrPH University of Washington, USA

Bonnie Duran is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Director of the Center for Indigenous Health Research at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute. The overall aims of her research are to work with communities to design public health treatment and prevention efforts that promise to be empowering, culture-centered, accessible and sustainable, and that have public health impact. Dr. Duran is currently the Principal Investigator for two NIH-funded research projects in "Indian Country" and is working with the National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center and the University of New Mexico to study the facilitators, barriers, and mechanisms of change in community-based participatory research in Indigenous populations.