Katrina Claw (Diné), Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the Department of Biomedical Informatics. Broadly, her research program focuses on personalizing medicine, pharmacogenomics, and the ethical, legal, social, and cultural implications of genomic research with American Indian/Alaska Native and other Indigenous communities. Her research uses community-engagement and ethical frameworks throughout the research process. Dr. Claw grew up in Many Farms, AZ. She obtained her BS in biology and BA in anthropology at Arizona State University and her PhD in genome sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA in 2013. She is co-PI on the Navajo Perspectives on Genetic Research project and is the lead conference organizer.

Nanibaa’ Garrison (Diné), Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has appointments in the Institute for Society and Genetics, the Institute for Precision Health, and the Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research. Her research focuses on the ethical, social, and cultural implications of genetic and genomic research in Indigenous communities. Using community-based research approaches, she works with Tribes to develop policies and guidance regarding genetic and genomic research. She is a member of the US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network and the Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board. She grew up in Kayenta, AZ and Waterflow, NM and is co-PI on the Navajo Perspectives on Genetic Research project.

Dr. Jani Ingram (Diné), Ph.D., is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University (NAU). She is the Principal Investigator of the Training Core at NAU for the Partnership of Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP), and director of Bridging Native American Students to Bachelor’s Degree (BRIDGES) program.  Her research is involved in the investigation of environmental contaminants with respect to their impact on health. More specifically, to address chronic uranium exposure and cancer risk to the Navajo.  

Dr. Gilbert John (Diné), Ph.D., is the Assistant Dean of Research in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences with a joint faculty appointment in the Department of Microbiology & Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. Dr. John is the Principle Investigator in a Ph.D. and Post-baccalaureate training programs.  His research interest focuses on a One Health approach (i.e. molecular, microbiological, physical, social) to studying environmental, animals, and human health on the Navajo Nation.

Mae-Gilene Begay (Diné), was the director of the Navajo Community Health Representative (CHR) Program for the Navajo Department of Health for over 22 years. She is also one of the co-founders of National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW), and still works with Community Health Worker organizations/programs at the state and national levels. She also served as the American Public Health Association (APHA) CHW section chair for one term and is now serving as Governing Councilor for the APHA CHW Section and APHA Nomination Committee.

Ursula Knoki-Wilson (Diné) serves as Community Relations Liaison for the Office of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Chinle Service Unit, Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Chinle, AZ. She has worked as Chief of Nurse Midwifery Service within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility from March 1996 to March 2013. From 2000 to 2013, she served as the IHS Chief Clinical Consultant for Advance Practice Nurses. Ursula was a member of the Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board for 17 years. 

Carmenlita Chief (Diné) has worked in academia and in the Navajo community as a scholar, advocate and storyteller. Carmenlita contributes insights to health discussions and events from her own lived experiences as a Navajo person living in both reservation and urban communities. Over the past two decades, Carmenlita has worked with Indigenous communities as a public health scholar, environmental advocate, and storyteller, experiences that have illuminated the critical need for expanding research in Indigenous health communication. She has experience in public health research, environmental research, being a correspondent for a tribal newspaper, and has planned high-level events which often have centered Indigenous knowledge and ways of being.