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Myra Parker, JD, MPH, PhD, is an enrolled member of the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes and serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is currently the Director of Seven Directions which is housed in the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors within the Department of Psychiatry.
Christina works for intergenerational, community health and well-being that comes from a deep connection to place, people, and memory. She is Andean (Huancavelica, Perú) and Irish. Christina has worked for sovereign Native nations and Indigenous communities in the U.S. for over twenty years.
Maya Magarati, Ph.D. is an Acting Assistant Professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and serves as a core faculty in Seven Directions, A Center for Indigenous Public Health, a part of the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors in the Department. She serves as the Project Lead on the Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention project. Maya investigates sexual health, community engagement, global Indigenous environmental and behavioral health specifically tied to ecological trauma, resilience and traditional ecological knowledge, and immigrant and refugee cancer and wellbeing.
Danielle Eakins is a licensed clinical psychologist and a research scientist at Seven Directions. Danielle is dedicated to supporting behavioral wellness through collaborative, strengths-based partnerships with Indigenous communities.
Leo N. Egashira, MBA, is a Japanese-American born and raised in Seattle. He is a Research Coordinator at Seven Directions at the University of Washington and has been with the team since 2018. He was also a Research Coordinator and Newsletter Editor at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute from 2009 to 2018, working primarily on research studies on Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU). He is currently coordinating secondary data analysis work from the TCU dataset.
At Seven Directions, Angela is working on piloting the use of an Indigenous Evaluation Framework for public health practitioners, particularly among tribal organizations working to prevent opioid overdoses.
Jacob received an MS degree in the UW School of Public Health's Epidemiology Department. He is interested in research on the social determinants of health, as well as the human gut microbiome.
Caelin Marum is a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan/Hidatsa) and Woodland Cree. She holds a Masters in sociology with a background in political science and Native American studies. She began at Seven Directions in summer of 2022 and focuses primarily on opioid misuse prevention.
Tsering Wangmo, MPH, grew up in a Dho-Tarap, Dolpa, Nepal, one of the highest permanent settlements in the world (13,500 feet) inhibited by a small indigenous group of Dolpo people. She worked as a clinical and travel nurse, schoolteacher, and healthcare trainer with various organizations serving different indigenous communities in mountain Nepal for over a decade. She received her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Washington. Her interest has always been to contribute to improving access to quality health care that is relevant, affordable, and sustainable for communities that are underserved, underrepresented, and indigenous.
Jamie Lan (she/her) joined Seven Directions as a Research Coordinator after working with the team as a student intern. She is a recent graduate of the University of Washington, where she received a bachelor’s degree in Public Health. At Seven Directions, Jamie works on the Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention Project, as well as on substance use data and general communications.
Robyn Long, MSW, MA (she/her) joined Seven Directions in October 2022, after having completed a practicum with the organization during her Master of Social Work (MSW) program. Robyn supports research and projects related to environmental and climate justice and the Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention Project.
Darwyn Largo is a member of the Navajo tribe. Darwyn was born and raised in Crownpoint, New Mexico. Darwyn attended Haskell Indian Nations University. In May, Darwyn graduated from the University of Arizona, obtaining a Master of Public Health degree in Health Behavior/Health Promotion. Darwyn is enticed to the field of public health because concepts of health and wellness are innate to the ancestral practices and cultural teachings of many American Indians and Alaskan Native villages.
Tia “Tee” Benally (she/her), MPH, is Diné (Navajo) and White Mountain Apache originally from New Mexico (NM). Tee graduated from the University of Washington (UW) in June 2022 with her Master’s in Public Health from the Community – Oriented Public Health Practice program. She is currently a Research Coordinator with Seven Directions and works collaboratively with others on various projects but focuses on the Indigenous Public Health Leaders training program and another project related to Indigenous Social Determinants of Health.
Adam (He/Him) is a first-year graduate student at the University of Virginia, pursuing an MPH. Adam is from the Washington D.C area. Adam predominantly works to maintain and update the Seven Directions website, organizing its layout and improving the end-user experience.
Shino is a graduate student at The University of Washington, studying in the School Psychology Ph.D program.
Marqué (she/her) is a second-year graduate student at the University of Washington School of Social Work. At Seven Directions, Marqué is primarily assisting in the tribal opioid prevention work within diverse groups.
Anevay Skenandore, BA/BS (Oneida/Lakota) joined Seven Directions in 2022 as a second-year MPH student with the University of Washington and is currently conducting a capstone project with the Indigenous Social Determinants of Health project.