Lakota Center for Health and Wellness
Official title: Lakota Center for Health Research
Funded at Black Hills Ctr/american Indian Health · NIH-11176957 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This program offers culturally tailored health efforts including a trauma-informed smoking quit program for Northern Plains Lakota women who have experienced intimate partner violence and community wastewater COVID-19 monitoring.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Black Hills Ctr/american Indian Health NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Rapid City, United States) |
| Project start | September 1, 2022 |
| Project end | July 31, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $904,086 |
| NIH project number | 5S06GM146079-04 |
| Project ID | NIH-11176957 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants include Northern Plains Lakota women who smoke and have experienced intimate partner violence, as well as community members in the partnering tribes who contribute to local COVID-19 wastewater surveillance efforts.
✕Less likely to help
People who do not live in or have ties to the participating Lakota communities or who need individual advanced medical treatments rather than community-based prevention and surveillance may not directly benefit.
What this research studies
We are partnering with tribal communities and university experts to offer a pilot, trauma-informed smoking cessation program tailored for Northern Plains Lakota women who have experienced intimate partner violence. The team will also build local capacity for environmental surveillance by testing community wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 RNA and doing genomic sequencing. An evaluation plan will be implemented to help improve and guide the center's programs across the three partner tribes and the Rapid City Indian community. Overall, the center aims to use community-led, culturally grounded approaches to reduce health inequities and strengthen local public health tools.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could help more Lakota community members quit smoking, improve local COVID-19 detection, and guide culturally safe health programs.
How similar studies have gone: Culturally tailored smoking cessation programs and wastewater SARS-CoV-2 monitoring have shown promise elsewhere, though combining trauma-informed care with tribal partnership is less commonly studied.
Where this research is happening
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Black Hills Ctr/american Indian Health
Rapid City, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Henderson, Jeffrey a — Black Hills Ctr/american Indian Health
- Study coordinator: Henderson, Jeffrey a
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.