Alexandra Adams, M.D., Ph.D., Director CAIRHE and Principal Investigator: Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity, Montana

Adams maintains an active research agenda and clinical practice relating to childhood obesity in American Indian communities. Her current work in obesity prevention partners with five American Indian communities nationwide, including the Blackfeet Nation in Montana.

For this and other community health and health disparities project work as principal investigator, co-PI, or faculty mentor, she currently receives major funding support from 10 different sources.

These include multiple National Institutes of Health programs such as the Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE); the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities; the Wisconsin Partnership Program; and the National Cancer Institute.

CAIRHE Welcomes Alex Adams as New Director (montana.edu)