Antony Stately, Ph.D.

Role: Co-Investigator

 My previous research interests and clinical experiences include behavioral health and medical health care services, including the development of behavioral interventions for the prevention of HIV, Substance Use Disorders, and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related conditions such as diabetes and obesity.  Further, I have spent the bulk of my post-doctoral research and clinical career working with and alongside Native American communities addressing very complex health concerns within a community based participatory research (CBPR) framework.  I have experience developing and implementing health-promotion interventions and training to address these complex conditions.  Further, I have experience directing and managing a large multi-site, multi-year research project (HONOR Project study, UW/IWRI); developing a multi-year CVD-related prevention project using CBPR principles, including health education and promotion strategies utilizing motivational interviewing (MI) based health coaching to sculpt and shape parent-child physical activity and healthy eating (Healthy Hearts Across Generations study, UW/IWRI). Additionally, I served as the project director on a multi-year multi-million dollar CDC-funded demonstration project in which I helped to develop and implement a HIV-prevention program for HIV-positive gay men (POWER Project, AIDS Project Los Angeles). As a health administrator, clinician, educator and researcher, I have developed many direct service programs, education and training projects, and partnered with university and community-based researchers over the last 20+ years of my career. I have the experience, knowledge and capacity to develop and implement a multi-site community-based health intervention with tribal and urban Native American community partners, which will help this proposed project be successful. As a Co-Investigator of the proposed IMPOWR Center, I will provide guidance to the research teams on implementation science strategies in developing the implementation intervention (OPTIC trial) and evaluation of implementation outcomes (OPTIC trial) at the Native American Community Clinic. I will also be available to consult with other UNM IMPOWR Center investigators on pilot implementation projects.