• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Cooperative Agreement
• Maternal and Child Health Research Project
• Native Youth Talking Circles for Childhood Obesity Grant
• Tribal Environmental Health Project
• Tribal Public Health Accreditation Project
• Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI)
• Public Health Services and Systems Research
• Evaluation of Tribal Health Professions Opportunities Grants (HPOG)
• HIV/AIDS Cooperative Agreement

• Health Research Advisory Council (HRAC)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC)
• Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB)
• National Diabetes Education Program Stakeholders Group
• Tribal Epidemiology Center (TEC) Workgroup

Health Research Advisory Council (HRAC)

The First Meeting of the American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research Advisory Council was held on May 16-18, 2006. It was decided that the HRAC Council would be established to provide the Department of Health and Human Services a venue for consulting with Tribes about health research priorities and needs in AI/AN communities and collaborative approaches in addressing these issues and needs. The goal of this committee is to improve the health research outcomes and substantially increase the delivery and health status of all AI/AN people.

The Health Research Advisory Council serves three primary functions:

1. Obtaining input from tribal leaders on health research priorities and needs for their communities.
2. Providing a forum through which HHS operating and staff divisions can better communicate and coordinate AI/AN health research activities.
3. Providing a conduit for disseminating information to Tribes about research findings from studies focusing on the health of AI/AN populations.

HRAC Meeting Information:

• HRAC Conference Call – October 13, 2011
• HRAC Conference Call - May 12, 2011
• HRAC Conference Call – January, 18, 2011