Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina. tlockl12@nccu.edu.
• ² Department of Energy, Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Pembroke, North Carolina.
• ³ Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI), North Carolina Central University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina.
• ⁴ Research Compliance and Technology Transfer, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.
• ⁵ Advanced Center for COVID-19 Related Disparities (ACCORD) and HOPE Program, Julius L. Chamber, Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute (JLC-BBRI), North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.
• ⁶ Department of Mass Communications, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.
• ⁷ Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI), North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.
• ⁸ Department of Economics and Decision Science, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina.
• ⁹ Department of American Indian Studies, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina.
• ¹⁰ Department of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina.
• ¹¹ Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Pembroke, North Carolina.
• ¹² School of Business, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina.
• ¹³ Department of Management, Marketing and International Business, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina.
• ¹⁴ Office of Regional Initiatives, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina.
• ¹⁵ Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI), North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.