Our Programs and Research
A growing ecosystem of studies and initiatives.
Our portfolio connects community-led research, Indigenous sciences, clinical training, prevention, and implementation. From established NIH-funded studies to emerging innovations, each initiative builds knowledge, strengthens capacity, and advances solutions with Native communities.
The Wakaya Initiative: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Health
NIH/NIDA R01DA056416
An NIH-funded clinical trial advancing Native youth wellness through land-based healing, family engagement, and community-led research. Currently enrolling participants.
Learn more about the initiative at wakayarising.org
Yappalli: Choctaw Road to Health
NIH/NIDA R01DA037176
A completed, community-led randomized clinical trial developed with the Choctaw Nation to advance land-based health promotion among Choctaw women. Analysis and knowledge translation underway.
Honoring Children, Mending the Circle
ICCTC established culturally adapted/enhancement of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)provider trainings that ripple competent care across Indian Country — relaunching with open enrollment for licensed clinicians and trainees under supervision who are employed by tribes, IHS, BIE, local tribal/public schools on or near reservations or tribal jurisdictions, or non-profit organizations working in Indian Country and serving tribal children and their families with trauma exposure.
Hollo: Healing through Original Lessons for Loving Outcomes among Native families Project
An emerging initiative defining Indigenous love and related healing practices through the voices of those who embody it — from elders and knowledge-keepers to youth.
Tribally Engaged Clinical Trials. Yappalli 2.0, SEEDs & more
Land-based and community-partnered studies laddering toward federal trials with the Choctaw, Muscogee (Mvskoke), and Quapaw Nations.
IHART: Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training
NIH/NIMH R25MH084565
A longstanding national training and mentorship program developing researchers and advancing culturally grounded healthy relationships, STI and HIV/AIDS prevention science in Indian Country.
BIG HART: Building Indigenuity, Generating HIV Science
NIH-supported CFAR initiative
An Indigenous-focused research training and mentorship initiative connecting emerging scholars with Indigenous mentors and opportunities in HIV science through a collaboration with UW CFAR.
Four Connected Domains
Our work centers American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children, maternal and paternal/caregiver health, and family wellness across physical, mental, and spiritual domains.
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