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Episode 5 - Cole Allick and Gary Ferguson

Episode 5 - Cole Allick and Gary Ferguson

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In Episode 5 of Diversity Within Demensia, we explore the different facets of Alzheimer’s and dementia in the American Indian and Alaska Native community with Cole Allick and Gary Ferguson.

Cole is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. He currently works at the Institute for Research to Educate and Advance Community Health (IREACH) with the methods and outreach cores. Concurrently, he is working to finish his PhD in Indigenous Health at the University of North Dakota.

Dr. Ferguson serves as Faculty and Director of Outreach & Engagement at Washington State University’s Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) located in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. Originally from the Shumagin Islands community of Sand Point, Alaska he is Unangax and an enrolled member of the Qagan Tayagunin (kah-gan tai-ya-gun-gin) Tribe. Dr. Ferguson’s past positions include providing clinical services to his home region at Eastern Aleutian Tribes, serving at the ANTHC as Wellness & Prevention Director and Senior Director of Community Health Services and as Chief Executive Officer at RurAL CAP.

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