CPAC Members Hold Monthly Meeting

From Left to Right: Dr. Karen Brown, Dr. Erica Woodahl, Caroline McLean, Patricia Kelly, Niki Graham, and Vernon Finley — *CPAC team members.*

September 2023 - A key part of the success of SIHI is dependent on the feedback and input from Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe (CSKT) members.

Established in 2010, the Community Pharmacogenetics Advisory Council (CPAC) is made up of interested CSKT community members who help us, as researchers, to understand how to implement informed and respectful research practices that are in line with the beliefs of the CSKT community. During these community advisory board meetings, members discuss important ethical issues that specifically pertain to genetic research conducted in American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Topics of discussion include prior breaches of trust by other research teams, proper disposal of unused samples in accordance with religious beliefs, and return of research results to the community to name a few.

During this meeting, stakeholders discussed the upcoming Pathways To Health Equity: Access to Clinical Trials in Rural Communities symposium.