NPTEC Staff

Staff Members, Consultants, Advisory Committee Members

NPTEC Staff Members :
Adeola Jaiyeola, MD, MHSc Director Click to e-mail

Christine Rinki, MPH MCH Epidemiologist Click to e-mail

Jennifer Irving, MPH MCH Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Data Manager Click to e-mail

Sayaka Kanade NARCH Project Coordinator Click to e-mail

Maurine Orwa, PhD, MPH Academic Liaison Click to e-mail

Corey B. Smith, PhD Epidemiologist/Health Informatics Specialist Click to e-mail

Leah Frerichs, MS NPCCCP Program Manager Click to e-mail

Tinka Duran Research Assistant Click to e-mail

Deanna Swan Administrative Assistant Click to e-mail

Consultants: Jennifer Larsen, MD (University of Nebraska Medical Center) Principal Investigator, NARCH III, & Project Director, Acanthosis Nigricans Project, NARCH Shinobu Watanbe-Galloway, PhD (University of Nebraska Medical Center) Project Director, NPCCCP Kim Rodehurst, PhD (University of Nebraska) Project Director, Asthma Project, NARCH Linda Burhansstipanov, DrPH, MSPH (Native American Cancer Initiatives, Inc.) Evaluator, NPCCCP Karin Shumacher, PhD (University of Nebraska School of Nursing) Family Caregiver Education, NPCCCP Ssu Weng , MD, MPH SD Tribal PRAMS Rich Raposa NPTEC website

Advisory Committee Members: Loretta Bad Heart Bull, RN, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, North and South Dakota John Blackhawk Joe Coulter Lynn Davis Lisa Dillon Ellen Durkin Ray Grandbois, Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service, South Dakota Cynthia LaCounte, Trenton Indian Service Area Jennifer Larsen, MD (University of Nebraska Medical Center) Alma Mentz, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, North and South Dakota Timothy Ryschon, MD, Nebraska Tom Welty, MD, Arizona