Damian Chase-Begay, PhD, MS; Our Culture, Our Data, Our Health: Indigenous Knowledge as a Foundation for Wellness

Wednesday, October 21st, 1 - 2:30 PM in the Payne Family Native American Center Room 103 and Zoom.

Dr. Damian Chase-Begay will share his lecture "Our Culture, Our Data, Our Health: Indigenous Knowledge as a Foundation for Wellness." 

Additional information regarding the lecture can be found on the the Facebook event and the GrizHub for the event.

This lecture is hosted by the Native American Center of Excellence.

Damian M. Chase-Begay, PhD, MS, is Mandan and Arikara, and his family hails from the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Public and Community Health at the University of Montana. Dr. Chase-Begay has nearly three decades of experience working in Indigenous health, spanning research, public health practice, health care, and community leadership. His research focuses on Indigenous health equity, culturally grounded approaches to substance use prevention and wellness, implementation science, and Indigenous data sovereignty. His work emphasizes Indigenous governance, community partnership, and the integration of Indigenous knowledge and values into research and public health systems.