2025 ITRRC COBRE Symposium
The ITRRC examines the health of American Indian and Alaska Native populations through the lens of historical trauma and resilience to advance research, foster discovery, raise awareness, and create opportunities for healing.
Overview
April 24, 2025: rETHICs 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
April 25, 2025: Speaker Showcase 8:15 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Location: UND Memorial Union, 2901 University Ave Grand Forks, ND 58202 | Room 318 AB
This annual two-day symposium features the Research Ethics Training for Health in Indigenous Communities (rETHICS), highlights the research activities of ITRRC COBRE junior investigators, and brings together respected leaders and knowledge holders in Indigenous health research.
The 2025 ITRRC COBRE Symposium is supported by the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P20GM139759.
Agenda
| Time |
Day 1 April 24, 2025, rETHICS 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Check-in & Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Opening Remarks Module 1: Introduction and History | Module 2: Codes and Regulation | Module 3: Beneficence |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:40 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Module 4: Respect for Person and Communities | Module 5: Justice- Fair Access to Research | Module 6: Unanticipated Problems and Case Studies | Wrap-Up |
| Time |
Day 2 April 25, 2025, Speaker Showcase 8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. * Denotes webinar presentations for online audience |
|---|---|
| 8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Check-in & Breakfast Served in MU Room 340 |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
*Honoring Knowledge, Protecting Data: The TNRG Approach to Research and Sovereignty Anita Frederick, M.S., Ph.D.(c), President of the Tribal Nations Research Group |
| 10:25 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
*Stress and Health in American Indian Pregnancies: An Initial Examination of Electronic Medical Record Data Andrew Williams, Ph.D., MPH, ITRRC Research Project Leader |
| 11:10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. |
*Further Updates on the Health Effects of Traditional Chokeberry Joel Steele, Ph.D., ITRRC Research Project Leader |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch Served in MU Room 340 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
*Journeys in Research: Insights from Indigenous Health Ph.D. Alumni Panel Panelists: Cole Allick, Danya Carroll, Heather Medicine Bear, and Adriann Ricker. Moderator: David R. Wilson, Ph.D. |
| 2:10 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. |
*Social Determinants of Prenatal Substance Use among Native American Women: Trauma and Resilience June-Yung Kim, Ph.D., LMSW, ITRRC Pilot Project Leader |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. |
*Indigenizing Sexual Violence Prevention: A Community Based Approach. RaeAnn Anderson, Ph.D., ITRRC Pilot Project Leader Co-presenters: Emma Hickman, B.S. and Kylene Martell, B.S. |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. |
*Using Ceremony-Assisted Treatment for Healing and Recovery from Substance Use Disorders Brynn Luger, Ph.D., L.P.C.C, ITRRC Research Project Leader |
| 4:05 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
| 7 p.m. Grand Entry |
Time Out Wacipi Powwow at the Alerus Center 1200 S. 42nd St., Grand Forks, ND |