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Staff
Back Row (left to right):
Michelle J. Singer BS (Navajo), Laura Loudon MS, Patricia Silk Walker
PhD (Cherokee), Susan Halada
Front Row (left to right): Douglas Bigelow PhD, R. Dale Walker MD (Cherokee).
Not pictured: Larry Murrillo (Shoshone), DrPH, Teresa Monteverdi
(Siletz), MD., Ann Kovas, MPH, Jacki Bianconni, MS
The staff of the One Sky Center
includes professionals in psychiatry, substance abuse prevention and
treatment, adolescent mental health, health systems and administration,
education, and Native American studies. Please click on the links below
for more information on our staff.
R. Dale Walker,
MD, - Director
Dr. Dale Walker is professor of Psychiatry and Public Health and
Preventive Medicine and Director of the Center for American Indian
Health, Education and Research at Oregon Health and Science University.
His current work draws attention to best practices for the prevention
and treatment of addiction disorders with American Indian populations.
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Douglas Bigelow,
PhD, - Deputy Director
Over the last four decades, Dr. Bigelow has provided direct service
in psychiatric hospitals and directed research, alcohol and drug
treatment, strategic planning, human resource planning, and health
policy in community, state, and provincial agencies. He has expertise
in service systems research, performance measurement, outcome measurement,
program evaluation, community mental health programming, alcohol
and drug programming, American Indian issues, and, brain imaging.
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Patricia
Silk Walker, PhD
Dr. Silk Walker is a child psychiatric clinical specialist with
a focus on community mental health and American Indians. Her research
includes prospective, longitudinal assessment of risk and protective
factors associated with alcohol, drug and other mental health problems.
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Laura Loudon, MS,
- Project Coordinator
Laura Loudon is a former high school teacher with experience teaching
art and reading to at-risk students. She received her Master's from
Portand State University in Post-secondary, Adult and Continuing
Education. Her professional interests include: effective distance
learning strategies, culturally appropriate training and education
materials, and working with tribal and community college systems
to guide students into higher education.
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Murillo, DrPh - Assistant Professor
Dr. Murillo's primary interest is the incorporation of Traditional
Health Practices into public behavioral health programs in American
Indian/Native communities. Toward that end, he has considerable
experience as a program director, a provider of technical assistance
and a consultant to numerous agencies and programs.
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J Singer- Communications Coordinator
Michelle, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will provide
communications, public relations, and intergovernmental support
to the One Sky Center. Prior to coming to the Center, she spent
seven years in the U.S. Senate as a policy advisor to Senate Democratic
Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Chairman Ben Nighthorse Campbell ( R-CO), and Senator Ron Wyden
(D-OR). Michelle's professional and personal background is strongly
rooted in Indian education, Indian health, and Indian affairs.
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