Pacheco is a community-based participatory researcher with extensive experience in public health and has conducted prevention and implementation research for over 10 years in both reservation and urban Indigenous communities.
In this new role, Pacheco intends to build connections across the university in the area of Indigenous health through the IIS and has already begun to collaborate closely with the Delaware Nation of Anadarko, OK.
The Institute for Indigenous Studies (IIS) partners and collaborates with Indigenous peoples, nations, communities, and organizations to improve the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of Indigenous peoples throughout the Western Hemisphere.
IIS researchers work with Indigenous peoples, nations, communities, and organizations to identify and address the current health and education needs of Indigenous peoples using a multi-level socio-ecological framework and partners with tribal and community organizations, colleges, universities, and other academic institutions to develop culturally appropriate research methodologies and frameworks that can be used to address the health and education needs of Indigenous peoples.
The IIS is located in the College of Health Brodhead, 524 Brodhead Avenue.
