We Are All Scientists - promotes precision medicine and health research in Indigenous communities through a large scale multimedia campaign and building of strategic partnerships with schools and TCUs

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2. Abstract The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), founded in 1977, boasts the largest reach to engage with AI/AN and Indigenous communities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with a network of more than 6,800 individual members, 202 higher education chapters, 20 professional chapters, 239 affiliated PK-12 schools serving over 55,000 Indigenous students, and three tribal chapters. AISES anticipates continued growth and therefore, proposes to meet the needs of AOI 3 - Task 1 by building on its extensive AI/AN network with specific efforts to promote precision medicine and health research in Indigenous communities. Through the creation of a multimedia campaign – We Are All Scientists -- featuring content universally promoting Indigenous science education and research and a multi-year goal of developing an open learning network of Indigenous students, educators, and professionals who can exchange information, resources, and reciprocal support, AISES is poised to be the leader in creating pathways for health research engagement among AI/AN and Indigenous communities. The multimedia campaign is threaded throughout other programmatic elements of the “We Are All Scientists” project as a tool to recruit a cohort of 20 Indigenous teachers and teachers of Indigenous students and provide culturally relevant resources for teaching health and data sciences. AISES will facilitate collaboration among Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) and Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institutions (NASNTIs) and interested organizations to increase the opportunities for faculty and Indigenous researchers to engage in precision medicine research and create diverse opportunities for Indigenous students to engage in health and data science research.