Our Team
The Center
Erik Brodt, MD
Ojibwe
Director, NNACoE
Allison Empey, MD
Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde
Director, Wy’east Medicine
Wy’east Medicine Faculty, Indigenous Health & Wellness
Katie Martin, MD, MPH
Cherokee Nation
Director of Clinical Learning
Amanda Bruegl, MD, MCR
Oneida/Stockbridge-Munsee Nations
Director of Faculty Development
Shandee D. Dixon, MS, PhD (she/her)
Apache
Director of Didactic Learning
Rosa Frutos, MSW
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs
Program Manager, AI/AN Learning at OHSU
Cristi Pinela, MS, Ph.D
Rarámuri / Tarahumara
Assistant Director,
Wy’east Medicine & RISE
Wy’east Medicine Faculty, Academic Skills & Wellness
Christina Uh, MS
Mayan
Program Manager,
Outreach and Recruitment
Katie Harris Murphy, MS
Wallowa Band Nez Perce / Cayuse / Umatilla / Karuk
Program Manager,
Tribal Health Scholars
Jeremiah Wistrom, MPA (he/him)
Program Manager, Communications
Christine Poulin, BA
Research Project Coordinator,
NNACoE
Isaac Butler
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Program Assistant,
Tribal Health Scholars
Alethea Barlowe
Klamath Tribes
Bridge Pathway Manager
Faculty
Peter Mayinger, Ph.D.
Wy’east Faculty,
Foundational Science
Laurel Hoffmann, MD, MPH
Wy’east Faculty,
Population Health
Jim McCormick, Ph.D.
Wy’east Faculty,
Human Physiology
Chloe Craig, DMD, MPH
Cherokee Nation
Program Manager,
Wy’east Dentistry Pathway
Morgan Torris-Hedlund, PhD, MPA, RN, CEN, PHNA-BC, NHDP-BC, FAWM
Wy’east Nursing Pathway Director
Brianna Wing, RN, MSN, WHNP-BC, APNP
Mashpee Wampanoag
Wy'east Nursing Pathway Assistant Director
Evaluation Team
Cynthia Taylor, PhD
Research Associate, Evaluation
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB)
The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board is NNACoE’s primary partner, and is involved in every initiative at NNACoE. NPAIHB provides expertise in recruitment of AI/AN students to OHSU NNACOE initiatives, assists in the development of AI/AN student and faculty programs, and ensures that AI/AN community research goals are met.
NPAIHB works closely with NNACoE on tribal engagement and provides expertise in AI/AN youth engagement through technology platforms.
