Nanibaa’ Garrison, PhD
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Position(s):
Associate Professor, Institute for Society & Genetics, Institute for Precision Health, and Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles
Nanibaa’ Garrison (Navajo), Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has appointments in the Institute for Society and Genetics, the Institute for Precision Health, and the Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research. Her research focuses on the ethical, social, and cultural implications of genetic and genomic research in Indigenous communities. Using community-based research approaches, she engages with tribal communities to develop policies and guidance regarding genetic and genomic research. She is also a member of the US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network, the Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board, and co-director of the Precision health and genomics: Indigenous Mentoring and Ethics faculty program.
Project(s):
Indigenous R&D Katalyst for the Emergent Environmental Markets and Savimbo Indigenous Biotechnology and Ecological Engineering Initiative at Kinray Hub Ko-author, Nature Data Sharing Initiative (NDSI) Report at Cecil Ko-author, Indigenous ‘Agenda’ in Environmental Markets Report at Climate Collective Northeastern Fellow at the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Underground Explorer (2024) at the Society for the Protection of the Underground Network (SPUN) BioKulture Zacha Designer (Amazon Bioeconomy) at the Conservation X-Lab Ko-author, Indigenous Komplexity Systems Theory (KST) White paper (SEEKCommons Fellow) at the Open Environmental Data Project Indigenous Researcher at the Indigenous Knowledge Research Program, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Tribal and Indigenous Agriculture Working Group at SARE Kollab on the Mountain Social Ecology Future at the Mountain Research Institute
Publication(s):
Lemke AA, Esplin ED, Goldenberg AJ, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Hanchard NA, Harris-Wai J, Ideozu JE, Isasi R, Landstrom AP, Prince AER, Turbitt E, Sabatello M, Vergano SAS, Taylor MRG, Yu J, Brothers KB, Garrison NA. Addressing Underrepresentation in genomics research through community engagement. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2022 Sep 1;109(9):1563-1571. PMID: 36055208.
Garrison NA and Carroll SR. Genetic Research with Indigenous Peoples: Perspectives on Governance and Oversight in the US. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. 2023 Nov 22;8:1286948. PMID: 38078202.
Email: nanibaa@socgen.ucla.edu