Presentations

Dillard, D.A. (January, 2022). Invited guest discussant for online short course on Responsible Conduct of Research with Native Communities as part of the Native Children’s Research Exchange, cohorts 9 and 10.

Dillard. D.A. (March, 2022). Cancer-Related Care and Research with Alaska Native and American Indian People in Alaska: Exemplars, Challenges, and Solutions. Invited panelist for workshop entitled “Cancer Consortia: Exemplars, Challenges, & Solutions” at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Society for of Preventive Oncology, Tucson, AZ.

Dillard, D.A., Klejka, J., MacKiernan, M., & Black, J. (May, 2022). Invited discussant for panel entitled Tribal Review & Oversight at the 2022 Alaska Indigenous Research Program, Anchorage, AK.

Dillard, D.A. (May, 2022). Participation in Genomic Research and Medicine: Perspectives of Indigenous Community Members and Leaders in the United States. Invited speaker for symposium entitled “Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications in Epigenetics: Indigenous, National, and Global Perspectives,” Hermance, Switzerland

illard, D.A. (July, 2021). Engaging Alaska Native and American Indian Communities in Research: Nothing About Us Without Us. Invited speaker at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s health disparities workshop titled  STRIVE for Change: Establishing a New Frontier in Health Disparities Across the Life Course. Panel presenter during the virtual session titled Approaches to Conducting Research with Different Ages and Populations.

Hiratsuka, V. (2020). Understanding the Impact of Inequality on Health, Disease, and Who Participates in Research. National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. An Examination of Emerging Bioethical Issues in BiomedicalResearch: A Workshop. Washington, DC. February 26, 2020. (Invited Panelist)

Blanchard, J. (2020). Reimagining Data Practices in Tribally Engaged Cancer Research. 2020 American Cancer Society CAN Oklahoma Policy Conference: Native American Health Disparities and the Impact of Cancer. November 10, 2020. Oklahoma City, OK. Register to watch here.

Blanchard, J. and Lund, J. (2020). Deliberation as Community Engagement: Promoting Dialogue about Genetic Research in Tribal Contexts. Stephenson Cancer Center Cancer Prevention and Control Grand Rounds Speaker Series. Jan. 7, 2020. Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, OK. 

Woodbury, RB, Hiratsuka, VY, & Devine, B. (2020, March 31). Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing among Alaska Native and American Indian People: Preliminary Results on Use, Knowledge and Impacts [Platform talk]. 2020 NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States. https://biostat.wustl.edu/dacc2/conference-home/

Hiratsuka VY, Blanchard J. (2019). Precision Public Health: Tailoring Communication and Policy for Populations. NHGRI CEER Consortium Annual Meeting. April 30, 2019. Salt Lake City, NV.

Beans J, Byars C, Moran A, Spicer PG, Hiratsuka VY. (2019). The development of a genetics and biological specimen survey for three American Indian and Alaska Native communities – a cognitive interview study. NHGRI Annual Meeting. April 9, 2019. St. Louis, MO.

Beans J, Spicer P, and Hiratsuka V. (2019). Cognitive interviews in development of a genetics and biological specimen survey – a process for engagement for an Alaska Native health system. Alaska Public Health Summit. January 23, 2019. Anchorage, AK.

Woodbury RB, Ketchum S, Hiratsuka VY and Spicer PG. (2019). Participatory Research in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: A Scoping Review. Alaska Public Health Summit. January 23, 2019. Anchorage, AK.

Woodbury RB, Beans JB, Hiratsuka VY, and Burke W. (2019). Data Management in Health-Related Research Involving North American Indigenous Communities: A Scoping Review. Arctic Health Summit. April 5, 2019. Anchorage, AK.

Blanchard, J., Saunkeah, B., Peercy, M., Byars, C., Blacksher, E., Reedy, J., Lund, J. (2019) Deliberation as Community Engagement: Promoting Dialogue about Genetic Research in the Chickasaw Nation. Stephenson Cancer Center Annual Cancer Research Symposium. February 1, 2019. Oklahoma City, OK.

Lund, J., Lewis, Jr., CM. (2019). Disentangling and disappropriating science. NHGRI Trainee Conference. April 8, 2019. St. Louis, MO.

Yracheta J. (2019). Community Engagement, Action and Raising the Civic Consciousness in Amerindigenous Communities. NHGRI CEER Consortium Annual Meeting. April 30, 2019. Salt Lake City, NV.

Yracheta, J., Spicer, P. (2019) Community Engagement, Action and Raising the Civic Consciousness in Amerindigenous Communities. National Human Genome Research Institute’s Trainee Meeting, April 7-9, 2019, St. Louis, MO.

Tsosie, K., Yracheta, J. (2019) Leveraging individual and community ethics to protect Tribal concerns in genomics research. Double Helix Histories, January 17-18, 2019, University of Manchester, England.

Hiratsuka, V, Beans JA, Woodbury RB, & Spicer, P. (2018). Perspectives on Precision Medicine Among Alaska Native and American Indian People and Their Health Care Providers.Pharmacogenomics Research Network – The American Society of Human Genetics Symposium. October 15, 2018. San Diego, California.

Beans, J, Woodbury RB, Wark, K, & Hiratsuka, V. (2018).  Alaska Native and American Indian Perspectives Hiratsuka, V, on Precision Medicine in a Tribal Context. 17th International Congress on Circumpolar Health. August 12-15, 2018. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Beans, JA, Woodbury, R.B., Wark, K.A., Hiratsuka, V.Y. (2018). Alaska Native and American Indian Perspectives on Precision Medicine in a Tribal Context. University of Alaska Biomedical Research Conference. May 18, 2018. Anchorage, Alaska.

Woodbury RB, Ketchum S, Hiratsuka VY and Spicer PG. (2018). Participatory Research in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: A Scoping Review. 2nd Annual National Native Health Research Training Conference. August 8-10, 2018. Prior Lake, MN.

Ketchum, S., Woodbury, RB, Lund, J. Hiratsuka, V., & Spicer, P. (2018) Participatory Research in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: A Scoping Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for future cancer research. Annual Cancer Research Symposium. Feb 2,. Samis Education Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Blanchard, J. (2018) Beyond Ancestry: The Production and Consumption of Genetic Knowledge. Mayo Clinic’s Office of Health Disparities Research and Native American Interest Group, November 13, 2018. Rochester, MN.

Spicer, P., Peercy, M., Yracheta, J., Blanchard, J. (2018) Genetic Research: Tribal Strategies to Protect and Benefit. National Congress of American Indians 2018 Mid Year Conference and Marketplace, June 3-6, 2018. Kansas City, MO.

Beans, J, Woodbury, R, Wark, K, and Hiratsuka, V. (2017). Alaska Native and American Indian Perspectives on Precision Medicine in a Tribal Context. Alaska Native Health Research Conference. October 18, 2017. Anchorage, Alaska.

Woodbury, R, Beans, J, and Hiratsuka, V. (2017). Alaska Native and American Indian Perspectives on Precision Medicine in a Tribal Context. National Native Health Research Training Conference. September 18, 2017. Denver, Colorado.

Ketchum, S, Lund, J, Beans, J, Woodbury, R.B, Hiratsuka, V, Spicer, P. (2017). A Scoping Review of Community Engagement Approaches to Genomic Research in Native American and Alaska Native Communities. 2017 ELSI Congress Genomics and Society: Expanding the ELSI Universe. June 5, 2017. Farmington, Connecticut.

Woodbury RB, Beans JB, Hiratsuka VY, and Burke W. (2017). Data-Sharing in Research: Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Risks for Alaska Native and American Indian Populations. 5th Alaska Native Health Research Conference. October 18, 2017. Anchorage, Alaska.

Yracheta, J., Reedy, J., Ketchum, S., Lund, J., Woodbury, B., Beans, J., Hiratsuka, V., & Spicer, P. (2017) The Evolution of Community Based Participatory Research (Workshop Session), 2017 ELSI Congress Genomics and Society: Expanding the ELSI Universe. June 5-7. Farmington, Connecticut.

Ketchum, S., Lund, J., Beans, J., Woodbury, B., Hiratsuka, V., & Spicer, P. (2017) A Scoping Review of Community-Based Engagement Regarding Genomics in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities (Poster Session). 2017 ELSI Congress Genomics and Society: Expanding the ELSI Universe. June 5-7. Farmington, Connecticut.

Ketchum, S., Lund, J., Beans, J., Woodbury, B., Hiratsuka, V., & Spicer, P. (2017) Data Collection and Ethics: Towards an Assessment of the Application of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in Tribal Health Care Research. “Changing Patterns of Cancer in Native Communities:  Strength Through Tradition And Science” Spirit of Eagles National Conference 2017. September 21-24. Niagara Fall, NY.

Ketchum, S., Archambault, J., Abrams, G., Lambert, V. Lambert, M., Meyers, R. (2017) Does Anthropology Matter to American Indians? Anthropology Matters. American Anthropology Association 116th Annual Meeting. Nov. 29-Dec. 3, 2017. Washington D.C.