Alexandra Adams MD, PhD

Alexandra K. Adams is the Director of the Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE), an NIH-funded center focusing on building research partnerships with rural and Native communities and mentoring junior investigators. Her research focus is community-based participatory research, working in partnership with Indigenous communities to understand and solve health challenges using both scientific rigor and crucial community knowledge. She has directed multiple community-partnered clinical trials and received over $40 million of NIH and foundation funding. Her work focuses on the promotion of family and community wellness healing trauma through community building, and the effect of climate change on human health. She also uses storytelling, filmmaking, and other outreach strategies to engage communities and impact health.