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NARCH Centers (NARCH III & IV), Web Sites and Projects	Funding Partner	Principal Investigator & Contact Information
1) Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board		Mariana Kennedy 5015 Prospect Avenue N.E. Albequerque, NM 87110 Tel: 505-764-0036 x107 mkennedy@aaihb.org
Listening to Each Other-Substance Abuse Intervention	NIDA
Tribal Cancer Control Project	NCI
Juvenile Justice Program: Incarcerated Youth at Risk	NIGMS
Student Development Project	NIGMS
Community Based Participatory Research	NIMHD
2) White Mountain Apache Tribe  or Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - Center for American Indian Health	NIMHD	Mariddie J. Craig Tel: 928-521-2230 mariddiec@wmat.nsn.us or Allison Barlow Tel: 410-614-2072 Abarlow@jhsph.edu Center for American Indian Health 621 N. Washington Street Baltimore, MD 21205
Youth Suicide Prevention Using Community-Based, Participatory Research	ORWH
Prevention of Pneumococcal Spread Within Apache Families	NIAID
Student and Faculty Development Projects	NIGMS
3) Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)		Anne P. Lanier 4000 Ambassador Drive Anchorage, AK 99508 Tel: 907-729-3663 aplanier@anthc.org or Deborah Brollini 4000 Ambassador Drive Anchorage, AK 99508 Tel: 907-729-2918 dbrollini@anthc.org
Autoimmune Liver Disease in Alaska Natives	NIAID
Nicotine Exposure and Metabolism in Alaska Natives	NIDA
Tobacco-Free Alaska Native Families	NIGMS
Bronchiectasis Observational Study in Alaska Native Children	NHLBI
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Among Al/AN Infants	NIAAA
4) Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmens' Health Board (AATCHB)		Adeola Jaiyeola 1770 Rand Road Rapid City, SD 57702
Predicting Insulin Resistance in American Indian Youth (Diabetes and pre-diabetes in Northern Plains tribal youth)	NIDDK
Screening for Asthma Among Children in Northern Plains Tribal Communities	NHLBI
Validation Study of Depression and Anxiety Measures with Northern Plains Indians	NIDA
5) California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB)		James A. Crouch 4400 Auburn Blvd., 2nd floor Sacramento, CA 95841 Tel: 919-929-9761 James.crouch@crihb.net or Carol Korenbrot 4400 Auburn Blvd., 2nd floor Sacramento, CA 95841 carol.korenbrot@crihb.net
Variation in Preventable Hospitalization Outcomes in Tribal Health Programs	AHRQ
6) Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB)		Thomas M. Becker 527 SW Hall, Suite 300 Portland, OR 97201 Tel: 503-494-1175 beckert@ohsu.edu or Luella Azule 527 SW Hall, Suite 300 Portland, OR 97201 Tel: 503-228-4185 x275 lazule@npaihb.org
Internet-Assisted Diabetes Care in Rural AI/AN (Study of self management of Type 2 Diabetes)	NIGMS
Faculty Development Project	NIGMS
Student Development Project	NIGMS
Summer Research Training Institute	NIMHD
7) Black Hills Center For American Indian Health (BLCAIH)		Jeffrey A. Henderson 701 St. Joseph Street, Suite 204 Rapid City, SD 57701 Tel: 605-348-6100 jhenderson@bhcaih.org or Sandy Albertson 701 St. Joseph Street, Suite 204 Rapid City, SD 57701 salbertson@bhcaih.org
Contextual Issues in Traditional Lakota Healing	NCCAM
Theory-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Intervention	NIC
Clinical & Public Health Research Training Project	NIGMS
8) Navajo Nation/Diné College		Anselm Roanhorse Navajo Nation Division of Health P.O. Box 1390 Window Rock, AZ 86515 Tel: 928-871-6350/6068 a.roanhorse@nndoh.org or Martha Austin-Garrison Diné College Center for Diné Studies P.O. Box 580 Shiprock, NM 86033 Tel: 505-368-3650 maustin@dinecollege.edu
Diné College
Navajo Ethno-Medical Encyclopedia Research Project	NCCAM
9) Indian Health Council, Inc. (Southern California) CANARCH or Indian Health		Daniel Calac Tel: 760-749-1410 narchoffice@indianhealth.com or Lucy M. Cunningham Tel: 619-594-7978 lcunningham@projects.sdsu.edu P.O. Box 406 Pauma Valley, CA 92061
Burden and Resilience Among Caregivers of Frail Elders	OWRH
Student Development Project	NIGMS
10) Oklahoma NARCH (ONARCH): Cherokee/Chickasaw ONARCH  or http://www.chickasaw.net		Tina M. Cooper Chickasaw Nation Health System 1001 North Country Club Road Ada, OK 74820 Tel: 580-421-6260 Tina.Cooper@chickasaw.net
Clinical Trial to Improve Outcomes in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome	NIAAA
Student Development Project	NIGMS
Understanding Rheumatic Disease in Oklahoma Tribal Members	NIAMS
The ONARCH Faculty Development & Mentoring Program	NIGMS
11) InterTribal Council of Arizona, Inc.		Tina M. Cooper Chickasaw Nation Health System 1001 North Country Club Road Ada, OK 74820 Tel: 580-421-6260 Tina.Cooper@chickasaw.net
Faculty Development Project and Research Resource Core	NIGMS
Student Development Project	NIGMS
12) Southcentral Foundation (Alaska)		Ruth Etzel 4501 Diplomacy Drive; Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99508 Tel: 907-729-4955 raetzel@southcentralfoundation.com
Ethical and Cultural Implications of Specimen Banking Among Alaska Native People	NHGRI
13) Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council (GLITC)	NCI	Adrienne Laverdure 2932 Highway 47 N. P.O. Box 9 Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538 Tel: 715-588-3371 adrienne_laverdure@hotmail.com or Kathleen Skoraczewski 2932 Highway 47 N. P.O. Box 9 Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538 Tel: 715-588-3324 skoraczewski@glitc.org
Breast Cancer Risk and Screening Patterns in Bemidji Area American Indian Women	NIGMS
GL NARCH Student Development Program	NIGMS
NARCH II
14) Confederated Tribes of Siletz		Tina Retasket Confederated Tribes of Siletz P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380 Tel: 541-444-8210 tinar@ctsi.nsn.us
Five Tribes Behavioral Risk Factor Study	NIGMS

Partnering Agencies, Institutes, Centers and Offices

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)?
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
• NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
• NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
• NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)