Stacy Rasmus

Director, Center for Alaska Native Health (CANHR)

Affiliations: CANHR, CRCD, IAB

Research Interests

I have worked with American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities for over two decades and have built an international program of research focusing on the promotion of Indigenous strengths, wellbeing and resilience in Alaska, the Arctic and the Pacific Northwest. Trained in the social and behavioral sciences, I have specific expertise in the translation of Indigenous knowledge and practice into health interventions that are community-driven and culturally-centered. I currently lead several NIH, NSF and SAMHSA grants that together engage AIAN populations in self-determined science and translational research to understand the intersections of suicide, mental health and substance use disorders with social determinants of risk and protective factors.