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
Mariah Stacona-Alexander
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Program Assistant,
Tribal Health Scholars
Samantha Arneson MPH, RDH
Turtle Mountain Chippewa
American Indian/Alaska Native
Learning Manager
Isaac Butler
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Program Assistant,
Tribal Health Scholars
Sara Stanger, MPH
Colville/Umatilla/Nez Perce/Coeur D’Alene
Program Assistant II,
Tribal Health Scholars
Summer Brunoe, BA
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
American Indian/Alaska Native
Learning Coordinator
Alethea Barlowe, MS
Klamath Tribes
Bridge Pathway Manager
Faculty
Laurel Hoffmann, MD, MPH
Wy’east Faculty,
Population Health
Jim McCormick, Ph.D.
Wy’east Faculty,
Foundational Sciences and Human Physiology
Chloe Craig, DMD, MPH
Cherokee Nation
Wy’east Dentistry Pathway Director
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.
