TSAILE, Ariz. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Arizona and Dine (dih-NEH') College are partnering to try to get more Navajo students into biomedical sciences.
The schools recently were awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Kathleen Rogers and Roberta Diaz Brinton from UofA and Fred Boyd from Dine College will develop a training program for Navajo students to further their studies in neuroscience.
They say Native Americans make up 0.5% of the workforce in bio