Dr. Asdigian is a Research Assistant Professor with the Centers for American Indian Alaska Native Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medica Campus. Her career has focused on understanding the factors that put young AIAN adolescents at risk for substance use and other health risk behaviors, and developing and evaluating culturally tailored prevention strategies to reduce those risks. She also has experience in early childhood development supports for Indigenous children, and has expertise in survey research, longitudinal research methodology, and statistical analysis.