NRC - Staff

About NRC Partnerships Publications Presentations Staff Info Advisory Committee Resources Links News & Updates Contact Us National Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian Elders University of Alaska Anchorage 3211 Providence Drive CHSW, Suite 205 Anchorage, AK 99508 Phone: 907.786.4303 Fax: 907.786.4440 Supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Last updated: March 15, 2012
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		Dr. Cheryl Easley, Dean of the College of Health (CV) Dr. Easley has supported the NRC in its efforts to develop culturally relevant health care programs for Alaska Native Elders. She has travel to the major Alaska Native regional centers such as Barrow, Nome, Kotzebue, Bethel, Dillingham, Kodiak Island, Juneau, Sitka, Metlakatla, Fairbanks, and St. Paul Island. She has attended national conferences of the National Indian Council on Aging, National Congress of American Indians, the American Society on Aging, the National Council on Aging, and the American Public Health Association to take part in discussing and giving presentations on Alaska Native Elder Health care issues

		Dr. (Kanaqlak) George P. Charles - Yup'ik, Director of the NRC (CV) Dr. Charles supervises the administrative functions of the NRC and implements the recommendations from the Joint Advisory Committee. Dr. Charles is research faculty with the University of Alaska Anchorage in the College of Health. He is a Yup'ik originally from Nelson Island, Alaska and has bilingual fluency in Yup'ik Eskimo and English. He was previously an assistant professor in the Rural Development Program and the Alaska Native Studies Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

		Dr. Jean Ballantyne (CV) Information coming soon

		Dr. Loren Lipson (CV) Dr. Lipson is a geriatric medical specialist from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. He has a long relationship with Alaska senior services and will provide interpretation of the medical implications of the project findings.

		Dr. Rosellen Rosich (CV) Dr. Rosich, Director of the Alaska Geriatric Education Center, is instrumental in coordinating the Summer Institute on Aging sessions.

		(Aqpayaq) Jim LaBelle, MA - Inupiaq (CV/bio) Mr. LaBelle is currently an Adjunct Faculty member for the University of Alaska Anchorage, College of Arts and Sciences, Alaska Native Studies Department. Mr. LaBell is also employed half-time as a Research Professional III for the NRC. He has written about and spoken on historical trauma of indigenous peoples in Alaska on the current generation in various media.

		Kay Branch, MA (Arnyagaq - honorary Yup'ik name) (CV) Ms. Branch is our long-term care consultant and the ANTHC Elder Health Program Coordinator. Kay is known statewide in Alaska and nationally as a long-term care advocate. The Yup'ik elders in Dillingham were so taken with Kay that they honored her by giving her a Yup'ik name: Arnayagaq (Little Woman).

		Joan Herrmann (CV)

		Stacy Smith, MFA (Bio) Ms. Smith is responsible for the technical design of the website and the production work for printing and distributing project reports.

		Ryan Stafford Mr. Stafford provides technical support.

	Contributing Authors and Former Research Associates and Staff
		Jordan Lewis (Bio/CV)

		Dr. (Anayagaq) Kathy Graves - Sugpiaq-Athabascan (CV/Bio) Dr. Graves works with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. She is the former UAA Project Director of the Alaska Natives into Psychology (ANPsych) program.

		(Lakautarkar) Louise Shavings, MSW - Cup'ik (CV) Information coming soon.

		Barbara Jean Franks (CV) Ms. Franks is a Contributing Associate for the NRC.

		“Cookie” Elizabeth Rose - Athabascan (Bio) Ms. Rose works as a Research Assistant for the NRC.

		(Laughing Water) Tony Brown - Menomonee Mr. Brown is the NRC Videographer.

		Kelby Murphy (CV) Kelby is an MPH graduate student who is writing her MA thesis on health literacy and mental health/depression of Alaska Native Elders.

		Pat Anderson (CV)