OUR TEAM
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr. Johnson-Jennings, a Choctaw tribal member and clinical health psychologist, is a Full Professor at the University of Washington in the Schools of Social Work and Public Health and currently serves as the co-executive Director of the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI), as well as the founding director of IWRI’s Indigenous Environmental Health and Land-based Healing Division.
PROJECT STAFF
Christian Anderson
Project Manager
Health Interventionist
Christian Anderson is an Oklahoma Choctaw member. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science in Education & Human Sciences. He spent most of his life evolving within the Choctaw culture partaking in language, faith, and other cultural practices. His main passion in life is to help the Choctaw People in any capacity that he can.
Natalie Gilliam
Program Assistant
Natalie is the part-time Program Assistant for the Wakaya program. She is a Choctaw Tribal member. She currently works full-time for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and has been employed with them for more than 6 years. Natalie has a background with youth as well, working in daycares, tutoring, and mentorship programs. She looks forward to contributing to the health and wellbeing of Choctaw Youth as well as spreading knowledge of the Culture.