Lisa J. Lefler is director of Western Carolina University's Culturally Based Native Health Programs, a collaborative program with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and WCU's Colleges of Health and Human Sciences. The Native Health Certificate reflects a postcolonial model, involving Native communities from the ground up to educate health professionals regarding Native cultures in order to improve health care delivery for Native people. Lefler's other interests include Indian youth and addiction, diabetes, and health-related issues concerning stress, Native fatherhood, historic grief and trauma, and applying Native science to contemporary issues.