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Lauren White

Lauren White

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Social Candidate

Lauren White, MPH, MSW, LLMSW, is a PhD candidate in the Joint Program for Social Work and Social Psychology. Her research focuses on mental health in rural Indigenous communities, including social and cultural determinants, strengths-based prevention approaches and community-engaged mental health interventions. More specifically, White’s work combines participatory methodologies and implementation frameworks to understand how Indigenous people can put evidence-based mental health practices into use in everyday life. Her work has been supported by the Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity (RISE) Center; the Institute for Social Research, and the National Institutes of Health.

White is currently a student researcher with the PC CARES intervention and the TRACS research study. She is a practicing therapist under supervision at the Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan.

Dissertation Title

Participatory Implementation for Suicide Prevention with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities *faculty position at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work

Contact Information

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[email protected]B660 SSWBUniversity of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

Year Degree   School
2025 PhD University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2021 MSW University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2018 MPH University of Washington, Seattle
2012 BS Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Year Description
2022 White, L., Kirk, T., Garnie, J., Schmidt, T., McEachern, D., Wexler, L. (2022, May) Collaborative and Culturally Responsible Suicide Prevention Programming. National Academy of Science Engineering and Medicine’s Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities: A Workshop.
2022 Wexler, L., White, L., Schmidt, T., Moto, R., Garnie J., Rataj, S. McEachern, D. (2022, September) Lunch Plenary Presentation, Balancing Scientific and Community Knowledge to Mobilize for Wellness: Promoting Community Conversations About Research to Prevent Suicide. Native Children’s Research Exchange Network and Conference. Colorado School of Public Health Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health.
2021 White, L., Wexler, L., Moto, R., Garnie, J., McEachern, D., Schmidt, T., Rataj., Schneeberger, D., (2021, June). Partnering with Rural and Remote Alaskan School Districts to Adapt the Promoting Community Conversations to End Suicide (PC CARES) Intervention in the “New Realities” of Post-Pandemic Research. Panel Presentation. Youth Suicide Research Consortium, Second National Conference. Online Conference.
2021 White, L., (2021, October) Ethnicity Counts: Government Efforts to Measure and Operationalize Indigenous Identity, Two Case Studies from Oklahoma and New Zealand/Aotearoa. Course Lecture. University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, Advanced Quantitative Methods Course.
2021 White, L., Wexler, L, Schmidt, T., Moto, R., Garnie, J, Kirk, T., McEachern, D. (2021, October). PC CARES: Community Health Intervention to Address Indigenous Youth Suicide. Prevention in Practice Workshop. Oklahoma State University Center for Family Resilience.
2020 White, L. A., Pinto, R., Weaver, A, & Wexler, L., (2020, December). Participatory Implementation Strategies in Community Settings for Health Equity. Panel Discussion Chair. Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation Health, Online.
2020 White, L.A., Waelchli, O, & Earl, A. (2020). Promoting Life and Prevention Death: A Systematic Review of Regulatory Focus Strategies Employed in Interventions to End Suicide Among American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples. Poster. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Online.
2019 White, L. A., & Wexler, L., (2019, December). Results from Piloting an Innovative Model to Engage Multiple Key Stakeholders in Learning about Suicide Prevention Research for Strategic Action in Under-Resourced Rural Indigenous Communities. Poster Slam and Poster Presentation. Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation Health, Wash DC.
2018 White, L. A. (2018, January). Race/Ethnicity Measurement and American Indian Identity: A History of the Choctaw Nation. Invited Lecture. University of Washington Social Determinants of Health Course, (EPI 548), Seattle, WA.
2018 White, L. A., Yang, Al., Dodge, L. (2018, June). Barriers and Facilitators to HPV Vaccine Uptake in American Indians/Alaska Natives in King County, Washington. Presentation. Annual Conference of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Miami, FL.
2018 White, L. A. (2018, June). The Role of Individual and Community Level Social and Cultural Connectedness in Modifying the Effect of Childhood Adversity on Anxiety and Depression in American Indian College Students. Presentation and Roundtable Discussion. American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI) Tribal College and Universities (TCU) Data Conference, Seattle, WA.

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