Other CAIRHE Investigators

CAIRHE is always growing as a research center. When an investigator is no longer funded by CAIRHE as a research or pilot project leader—often because she or he has received independent major funding—that investigator remains part of the center. While the following projects and/or investigators do not receive current CAIRHE funding, they continue to pursue health equity research as affiliated investigators. 

To learn more about each individual and former project, click on the links below.

Former Research Project Leader

Modeling Rural Perinatal Health Outcomes and Service Systems to Improve Health Equity

Andreas Thorsen, Ph.D.
MSU Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship

Former Research Project Leader

Development and Pilot Test of Indigenist Relapse Prevention for American Indians

Monica Skewes, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Psychology

Former Research Project Leader

The UnProcessed Pantry Project (UP3): A Novel Approach to Improving Dietary Quality for Low-Income Adults Served by Rural Food Pantries

Carmen Byker Shanks, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Health and Human Development

Former Research Project Leaders

Somatic Mindfulness Training for a Healthy Workforce

Kelly E. Knight, Ph.D., and Colter Ellis, Ph.D. 
MSU Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology

Former Research Project Leader

“We Are Here Now”: A Multi-Level, Multi-Component Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention for American Indian Youth

Elizabeth Rink, Ph.D., MSW
MSU Department of Health and Human Development

Former Research Project Leader

Guardians of the Living Water

Vanessa Simonds, Sc.D.
MSU Department of Health and Human Development

Former Research Project Leader

Increasing Access to Oral Health Care: Evaluating the Outcomes of a Community Health Specialist Program

Elizabeth Kinion, Ed.D, MSN, FAAN
MSU College of Nursing

Former Pilot Project Leader

Sleep Health Disparities and Socioecological Risk Factors Among Montana Youth

Cara Palmer, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Psychology

Former Pilot Project Leader

Modeling of Knee Joint Forces to Understand Osteoarthritis in Agricultural Workers

Scott Monfort, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Mechanical &Industrial Engineering

Former Pilot Project Leader

Implementing an Internet-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy Intervention in School Settings

Katey Franklin, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Health & Human Development

Former Pilot Project Leader

The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Age-Related Chronic Inflammation

Stephen Martin, Ph.D.
CAIRHE Translational Biomarkers Core

Former Pilot Project Leader

A Study of Trauma, Daily Stress, Sleep, and Blood Pressure in American Indian Adults

Neha John-Henderson, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Psychology

Former Pilot Project Leaders

Responding to Secondary Trauma Among Rural and American Indian Victim Service Providers in Montana

Kelly E. Knight,Ph.D., and Colter Ellis,Ph.D. 
MSU Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Former Pilot Project Leaders

Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Efficiency, Access, and Outcomes at Health Centers

Maggie Thorsen, Ph.D.
MSU Department ofSociology and Anthropology, and
Andreas Thorsen, Ph.D.
MSU Jake JabsCollege of Business & Entrepreneurship

Former Pilot Project Leader

Substance Use and Driving Among Rural Young Adults

Kaylin Greene, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Former Pilot Project Leader

Maternal Mental Health, Child Temperament, and Biological Markers of Changes in Emotion in New Mothers

Rebecca Brooker, Ph.D.
Formerly MSU Department of Psychology, now Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University