Sherman, Carissa A.
Nez, Luke C.
Aagaard, Kaja M.
Livingston, Dalaki J.
Blacksher, Erika
Reedy, Justin
Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y.
Phelps, Walter
Blanchard, Jessica W.
Lund, Justin R.
Beans, Julie A.
Nez, F. Leah
Garrison, Nanibaa’ A.
Claw, Katrina G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIH (RM1 HG009042-03S2)
NIH R35 Genomic Innovator Award (R35HG011319)
NIHGRI (RM1 HG009042-04S1)
Article History
Received: 11 June 2025
Accepted: 8 January 2026
First Online: 3 February 2026
Declarations
:
: Dr. Nanibaa’ Garrison has been a member of the Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board since 2019, but is recused from decisions pertaining to her projects. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. This study was reviewed and approved by the Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board (NNHRRB) (Study #: NNR-17.281), the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Institutional Review Board, and the University of California, Los Angeles Institutional Review Board, with a reliance agreement with the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Informed consent was obtained from all deliberants prior to the deliberation event. We referred to the COnsolidated criteria for REporting Qualitative (COREQ) research checklist (Tong et al. ) as a guide to completing this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.