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Dr. Huff MacPherson's research focuses on the impact of acculturation and sociocultural factors on substance use and abuse, particularly in underrepresented minorities. She started her academic career in the UA College of Optical Sciences, where she continues to serve as principal investigator and co-principal investigator on several National Science Foundation grants centered on community capacity building with Native Nations and Indigenous peoples. Dr. Huff MacPherson earned her Doctor of Health Education degree in Community Health and Wellness from A.T. Still University.Show Less
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Courses
- TWCTechnical Writing and Communication
Grants
- Collaborative Research: HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: Quantum Que: Institutional Support for Transfer Students' Success in Quantum, Information Science and Engineering
Principal Investigator (PI)
2022
$733.4K
Active - A Controlled Clinical Trial to Train the Aiberry AI Depression Detection Platform on a Diverse Set of Population in a Live Setting and Further Enhance the Detection Accuracy
Principal Investigator (PI)
2021
$156.5K
Active - Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program
Co-Investigator (COI)
2020
$1.8M
Active - NRT-IGE: Indigenous Graduate Education in Science and Engineering - Southwest (IGESE-SW)
Principal Investigator (PI)
2017
$387.9K
Active - Identification of Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening That Affect Compliance
Co-Investigator (COI)
2019
$70.4K
- Mental Health Stigma Reduction Implementation Grant
Principal Investigator (PI)
2018
$73.9K
- REU Site: Integrated Optics for Undergraduate Native Americans (IOU-NA)
Principal Investigator (PI)
2017
$356.6K
- RET Site: Optics Research Experience for Teachers in Native American Schools (O-RETinas)
Co-Investigator (COI)
2016
$499.0K
- Optics Summer Camp for Native American Youth - Expect Academic Success in STEM (EASIS)
Principal Investigator (PI)
2016
$3.0K
- Integrated Optics for Undergraduate Native Americans (IOU-NA)
Principal Investigator (PI)
2014
$290.9K
News
- University of Arizona Awarded $26M to Architect the Quantum Internet
2020
Publications (14)
Recent
- Transformational vs. Transactional Attitudes Towards Gun Violence as a Public Health Concern in America
2022
- span style= font-size:12pt; Transformational vs. Transactional Attitudes Towards Gun Violence as a Public Health Concern in America /span span style= font-size:medium; /span
2022
- Does high family support protect against substance use in adolescents who perceive high disordered neighborhood stress, border community and immigration stress or normalization of drug trafficking at the US-Mexico border? Analysis of the BASUS survey
2022
- Domestic Violence Is a Significant Public Health and a Health Administration Issue in the U.S.
2022
- U.S. Mexico Border Stress and Daily Substance Use Among Latino Youth: A Cross-Sectional Study
2021
- An organizational analysis of how managers must understand the mental health impact of teleworking during COVID-19 on employees
2021
- Perceived normalization of drug trafficking and adolescent substance use on the U.S.-Mexico border
2021
- span style= font-size:12pt; US-Mexico Border Stress and Daily Substance Use Among Latino Youth: a Cross-Sectional Study /span span style= font-size:medium; /span
2021
- Use of and cross-border purchase of substances among a sample of adolescents who live on the U.S.-Mexico border and perceive high normalization of drug trafficking
2020
- Social determinants of vaping and lung injury: A scoping review
2020
- Disentangling human bias in Quantum Computing: A literature search of current challenges
2020
- Abstract P5-13-19: Addressing non-adherence for breast cancer screening across ethnicity in southern Arizona
2019
- The Fibre Optic Cable Class
2015
- An Analysis of the Application of Situational Leadership in the Post 9/11 Evolving Public Health Managerial Environments.
2010