Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Fiona Grubin, MSPH ‘19, coordinates research and practice projects related to mental and behavioral health, health equity, suicide prevention, and Indigenous health.
Research Interests
Indigenous Health; Health Equity; Community-Based Participatory Research; Mental health; Intervention Research; Suicide Prevention; Strengths-based
Experiences & Accomplishments
As a research associate with the Center for Indigenous Health I support mental and behavioral health projects. I am interested in work that aims to reduce and eliminate health inequities, especially related to mental health, including prevention/treatment of substance use problems, suicide, and trauma, as well as harnessing cultural strengths to promote overall well-being, health, and upstream prevention efforts. In my graduate studies I contributed to multiple research projects that focused on suicide prevention with Indigenous communities. I completed my BS in applied psychology at Montana State University and my MSPH in social and behavioral interventions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Select Publications
Selected publications
Grubin, F., Maudrie, T. L., Neuner, S., Conrad, M., Waugh, E., Barlow, A., Coser, A., Hill, K., Pioche, S., Haroz, E. E., O’Keefe, V. M. (2022). Development and cultural adaptation of Psychological First Aid for COVID-19 frontline workers in American Indian/Alaska Native communities. Journal of Prevention, 43(5), 697-717. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-022-00695-y
Russette, H., Grubin, F., Ingalls, A., Martin, L., Leonard, A., Kushman, E., Cisler, A., Leffler, E., Herman, A., Haroz, E. E. (2022). Home visitor perspectives on implementing a precision approach to home visiting in communities serving Native American families. Infant Mental Health Journal, 43(5), 744-755. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22012
O’Keefe, V. M., Waugh, E., Grubin, F., Cwik, M., Chambers, R., Ivanich, J., Weeks, R., & Barlow, A. (2022). Development of “CULTURE FORWARD: A Strengths and Culture Based Tool to Protect our Native Youth from Suicide.” Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 28(4), 587–597. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000546
Haroz, E. E., Grubin, F., Goklish, N., Pioche, S., Cwik, M., Barlow, A., Waugh, E., Usher, J., Lenert, M. C., & Walsh, C. G. (2021). Designing a clinical decision support tool that leverages machine learning for suicide risk prediction: Development study in partnership with Native American care providers. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7(9), e24377. doi.org/10.2196/24377
Skewes, M. C., Gameon, J. A., Grubin, F., DeCou, C. R., & Whitcomb, L. (2020). Beliefs about causal factors for suicide in rural Alaska Native communities and recommendations for prevention. Transcultural Psychiatry, 59(1), 78-92. doi.org/10.1177/1363461520963869