Description: | In summer 2013, University at Buffalo signed an MOU with the Indian Health Service committing the university to the tasks of improving the health of the indigenous people of Western New York and making active efforts to improve access to UB for Native students. I have served as the dean’s point person for the execution of this MOU. My work to date has been focussed on reaching out to the Six Nations, making them aware of UB’s interest in forming partnerships, and working with the Indian Health Service to identify potentially important UB services and programs that could be directed toward improving the health of indigenous people. |
Project/Activity Leader(s): | James Jarvis, Clinical Professor |
Unit: | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences |
Department: | Pediatrics |
City: | Tuscarora Nation, Territory of the Tonawanda Band of Seneca |
State: | NY |
Country: | United States |
External Funding: | No |
Start Date: | 2013-07-01 |
End Date: | active |
Internal Partners: | School of Nursing; School of Dental Medicine; School of Public Health and Health Professions |
External Partners: | Indian Health Service |
Are UB students involved? | No |