Dr. Felina Cordova-Marks (Hopi) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona Zuckerman College of Public Health in the department of Health Promotion Sciences, Executive Committee member of the Hopi Education Endowment Fund Board and Associate Editor for the American Association for Cancer Research’s Journal, Cancer Research Communications. She is a published author on topics such as, cancer, cardiology, informal health caregiving, mental health, health disparities and American Indian health. From 2024-current, Felina has been a Nature x Breast Cancer Research Foundation Rising Scholar. She has also been named a “Health Hero” by the National Indian Health Board, receiving the Regional/Local impact award for her wellness program IndigiWellbeing©. Dr Cordova-Marks has also been named a Diversity and Inclusion Leader for Arizona and an American Psychosocial Oncology Society Health Equity Scholar. Past awards and recognition include being named Tucson’s Woman of the Year-40 Under 40 by the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Ben’s Bells Honoree, an NIH Health Disparities Research Institute Fellow, a Tribal Researchers Cancer Control Fellow, National Native American 40 Under 40, and University of Arizona Centennial Award recipient.

Research interests/areas of expertise:

• Indigenous health
• Cancer
• Caregiving (informal health caregiving)
• Mental Health
• Health Disparities