"The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground she returns to us..."
—Big Thunder
Research and Programs
The Center operates 12 satellite health stations on the Navajo, White Mountain Apache, San Carlos Apache, New Mexico Pueblos and Upstate New York Tonawanda Indian reservations and is engaged in training and consultation work with additional American Indian communities across the country.
Infectious Disease Research
Collaborative work with Native American tribes to prevent infectious diseases of disproportionate morbidity and mortality to Native American communties.
Community-based projects seeking to understand Native communities' unique risk and protective factors impacting mental health awareness, particularly among youth.
A partnership between Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health and the NFL Players Association to mobilize professional athletes as mentors in a year-round youth development initiative for disadvantaged American Indian youth around the country.
Working in partnership with Native communities to address the emerging epidemic of food-related disease and promote healthy nutrition and fitness across the lifespan.
