Tara Maudrie

Assistant Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work

Tara Maudrie, PhD, MSPH, is an enrolled citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Snapping Turtle Clan) and a health researcher specializing in Indigenous food systems, nutrition and health. She has worked with urban and tribal communities across the U.S., collaborating on culturally grounded approaches to nourishment, well-being and food sovereignty. Maudrie is currently engaged in research, program development and policy efforts supporting Indigenous health and food systems.

Research Interests

Tara Maudrie, PhD, MSPH, is a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians whose community-based participatory research focuses on Indigenous food systems, nutrition and health.

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

  • [email protected]

  • (734) 764-7916

  • 3780 SSWB
    University of Michigan
    School of Social Work
    1080 S. University Ave.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

  • 2024 PhD Public Health
    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • 2021 MSPH Public Health
    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • 2019 BS Pre-Health Professional Studies
    Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI

News

Activities

Publications

Wilbur, R. E., Gonzalez, M. B., Caroll, S. R., Doerfler, J. M., Fish, J., Kahn-John, M.,O’Keefe, V. M., Parker, M., Sequist, T. D., Chiwiwi, C., Connor, T. M., Contreras, L.,Maudrie, T. L., Walls, M. L., & Gone, J. P. (in press). Linking Health Inequities for American Indians and Alaska Natives to Colonial Subjugation: Shifting Scholarly Attention to Overcoming Legacies of Structural Racism. In C. Gibbons & A. L. Plough (Eds.) Research To Action. Oxford University Press.
Maudrie, T. L., Burdsall, J., & Rosas, L. (2026). Innovations in food is medicine through centering cultural connections and local food systems. Invited commentary on the MUTTON-HF Pilot Trial. JAMA Open Network, 9(2), e2556110.
Jernigan, V. B. B., Taniguchi, T., Clyma, K. R., Gabriel, K., Reese, J. A., Zhang, Y.,Sisson,S. B., Maudrie, T. L., & Hayman, J. (2025). Design and methods of a community supported agriculture program with Native American families: The GoHealth study. AJE Advances: Research in Epidemiology.
Jernigan, V. B. B., Maudrie, T. L., & Lopez, S. V. (2025). Stagnating life expectancy among American Indians and Alaska Natives: Understanding the drivers and recommendations for research, policy, and practice. Annual Review of Public Health, 46, 193-211.
Maudrie, T. L., Nguyen, C. J., Hautala, D., Conrad, M., Jernigan, V. B. B., Lessard, K. H.,Dickerson, J., O’Keefe, V. M., & Gittelsohn, J. (2025). Exploring definitions, correlates, and solutions to food insecurity during COVID-19: A mixed methods CBPR study with the Baltimore Native community. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 32(3), e70-e98.
O’Keefe, V. M., Maudrie, T. L., Grubin, F., Gonzalez, M. B., Ullrich, J. S., Crouch, M., White, E., Desjardins, M. M., Martin, L., Lewis, M., HorseChief, M., Fernandez, A., Keryte, A. P., & Walls, M. L. (2025). "Someday, I'll be an ancestor:" Understanding Indigenous intergeneraional connectedness through qualitative research to inform measure development. American Journal of Community Psychology, 76(1-2), 110-120.
Jock, B. W., Haroz, E. E., Chamoun, L., Maudrie, T. L., Redmond, L. C., & Gittelsohn, J. (2025). How do we sustain promising programs (in Native America)? Refining constructs impacting the sustainability of multi-level, multi component obesity interventions. Current Developments in Nutrition.
Jernigan, V. B. B., & Maudrie, T. L. (2025). Decolonizing public health frameworks: Why achieving health equity for Indigenous peoples requires indigenizing the social determinants of health. American Journal of Public Health, 115(5), 643-645.
Maudrie, T. L., Grubin, F., Conrad, M., Velasquez Baez, J., Saniguq Ullrich, J., Allison-Burbank, J., Martin, L., Austin, C., Joyner, J., Ronyak, M., Masten, K., Ingalls, A., Haroz, E. E., & O'Keefe, V. M. (2024). Honoring our teachings: Children's storybooks as Indigenous public health practice. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, Article 1354761.
Maudrie, T. L., Clyma, K. R., Nguyen, C. J., O’Keefe, V. M., Reinhardt, M., Segrest, V.,Lewis, M. E., Stanger-McLaughlin, T., Redvers, N., Young, P., Flanagan, H., HareRedCorn, E. L., Dubray, E. M., Norris, A., Bray, K. E. & Jernigan, V. B. B. (2024). "It Matters Who Defines It" - Defining nutrition through American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian worldviews. Current Developments in Nutrition.

Honors and Awards

Year Description
2024 2023 Sarah Mazelis Health Promotion Practice Paper of the Year, Journal of Health Promotion and Practice
2023 2023 Research Article of the Year, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
2023 Qualitative Dissertation Enhancement Award, Johns Hopkins Center for Qualitative Studies in Health and Medicine
2022-2023 Arole-Taylor Under-Served Community Health Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2022-2023 BIPOC Fellow, Association for the Study of Food and Society

Presentations

Year Description
2025 Maudrie, T.L. (2025, November 11). What Feeds Us: Indigenous Foodways, Kinship, and the Power ofCollective Continuance. Keynote Address. Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health and Bloomberg American Health Initiative: Indigenous Foodways Gathering. Baltimore, MD.
2025 Maudrie, T.L. and Warne, D. (2025, September 30). Community-Engaged Development of Nutrition Curricula. Plenary Panel Session. Bloomberg American Health Initiative Annual Summit. Baltimore, MD.
2024 Maudrie, T.L., Nguyen, C.J., Lopez, S.V., Clyma, K.R., Gabriel, K., Hayman, J., Hudgins, J.A., & Jernigan, V.B.B. (2024, October). Group Concept Mapping to Define Health Eating Among Osage Community Members. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting 2024. Minneapolis, MN
2023 Maudrie, T.L. (2023, May 16). Indigenous Communities and Food Justice Panel. Moderator. Center for Science in the Public Interest.
2023 Maudrie, T.L. (2023, May). Taking Action: Current Strategies, Projects, and Funding Initiatives in Rural, Tribal, and Urban Health Spaces. Invited Panelist. American Association of Public Health: Food and Nutrition Section.

Courses

Past Courses

Title Instructor Term Course Section Meeting Start Meeting End
Fundraising and Grant writing Maudrie, Tara Winter 2026 801 08:00 pm 10:00 pm View Course