Research Projects
Infectious Disease Research
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Borrelia burgdorferi: Inducible Gene Expression in an Experimental Enzootic Cycle, Michael Gilbert, UM-Western
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Spatial Epidemiology of West Nile Virus Infection Risk across Montana, Grant Hokit, Carroll College
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Interactions of Climate Change, Infectious Diseases, and Reservoir Ecology, Amy Kuenzi, Montana Tech
- Role of Sulfur Metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Iron Uptake and Virulence, Thomas Lewis, MSU-Billings
- Investigation of the Early Secretory Pathway in Candida albicans, Michael Morrow, UM-Western
- The Phage Pipeline: from Dirt to Genomics, Middle School through Graduate School, Marisa Pedulla, MT Tech
- Investigating the Role of BH31 in Inhibiting Fungal Morphogenesis, Kurt Toenjes and David Butler, MSU-Billings
- West Nile Research Project at Aaniiih Nakoda College, Dan Kinsey, Aaniiih Nakoda College
- West Nile Research Project with the Montana INBRE Program, Brian Stiff, Chief Dull Knife College
- Little Big Horn College - West Nile Virus Research Project, Neva Tall Bear, Little Big Horn College
Education Outreach
- Electron Microscopy in the Classroom and Research Laboratory, Willard O. Granath, University of Montana
- Building Research Culture, Cristi Hunnes, Rocky Mountain College
- Undergraduate Student Research Program at Montana Tech, Beverly Karplus Hartline, MT Tech
CBPR and Health Disparities Research
- CBPR Assessment of Contaminants in Domestic and Cultural Water Sources, Mari Eggers, Little Big Horn College
- Improving Stone Child College's Health Enhancement Program, Edward (Larry) Gomoll, Stone Child College
- Blackfeet Fitness and Health: A Community-Based Program Starting with BCC, Dee Hoyt-Hall, Blackfeet Community College
- Health and Education Impacts on Stress Reduction and Health Improvement among the Fort Peck Indian Community, Christine Holler-Dinsmore, Fort Peck Community College
- Study of the Perceptions of Health and Well-being within the Context of the Apsaalooke Language and Cultural World View, Sharon Peregoy, Little Big Horn College
- Hospitals as Health Care Delivery Systems and Health Disparities, Susanne Monahan, MSU
- MRSA on the Apsaalooke Reservation, Jovanka Voyich-Kane, MSU
- Assessing Attitudes Toward Treatment Options for Depression and Suicidal Ideation among Youth in a Rural Community, Joy Honea, MSU-Billings
- Evaluating Stress, Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Social Support Levels among Youth in a Rural Community; Undertsanding the Buffering Effect of Social Support between Stress and Disease, Marie Schaaf Gallagher, MSU-Billings
- GIS Virtual Reality Mapping of Environmental Health Risks in a Rural Superfund Site, Katie Hailer, MT Tech
- Entangling GXE: Understanding Gene-Environment Interactions in High Risk Rural Communities, Scott Risser, MT Tech
- Investigating the Etiology of Juvenile-Onset Myopia through the Analysis of Modern Human Variation in the Neurocranium, Frontal Cortex, and Eye in Myopes and Emmetropes, Michael Masters, MT Tech
- Miles City Community-Based Media Project, Sarah Keller, MSU-Billings
ARRA Funded Research Projects
- Historical Trauma and Unresolved Grief: A Culturally Anchored Intervention, Patricia Holkup, MSU
- Fort Belknap Reservation/MSU Early Childhood Caries Project, Elizabeth Kinion, MSU
Some Other Funded Projects of Current/Past INBRE Researchers
- Project CURE: The Culture of Undergraduate Research Experience; PI: Jessi L. Smith (MSU), Co-PI: Dustin Thoman (Cal State University Long Beach), Tribal College Biomedical Project Director: Neva Tall Bear (Little Big Horn College), Post-Doc: Elizabeth Brown
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Science Education Program for Baccalaureate and Master's Colleges and Universities awarded to Carroll College; Program Director: Grant Hokit
