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Scientist Highlight: Danielle L. Beatty Moody (MCCFAD)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Danielle L. Beatty Moody, PhD, who became a Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) RCMAR Scientist in 2018. Dr. Beatty Moody is Director of The Social Determinants of Health Inequities Lab (SoDHI). The SoDHI Lab seeks to identify and ameliorate pathophysiological linkages of psychosocial and environmental…
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NIH Funding Opportunity PA-20-172
Long-Term Effects of Disasters on Health Care Systems Serving Health Disparity Populations (R01). PA-20-172
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Scientist Highlight: Silvia H. Barcellos (USC RCMAR)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights we feature Silvia H. Barcellos, PhD, who became a Minority Aging and Health Economics Research Center (USC RCMAR) Scientist in 2012. Dr. Barcellos’ RCMAR pilot project was Health Insurance and Financial Risk Among Diverse Elderly Populations. Her research interests span labor economics, development economics, and health economics. Read Dr. Barcellos’ full bio. Learn more…
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Scientist Highlight: Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins (CICADA)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins, PhD, who became a Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA) RCMAR Scientist in 2018. Dr. Jenkins, who is two-time award winner national journalist examines the influence of race, racism, and psychosocial stress within medicine. Dr. Jenkins leads research studies that analyze how stress…
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Scientist Highlight: Celestina Barbosa-Leiker (NAD RCMAR)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, PhD, who became a Native Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (NAD RCMAR) Scientist in 2019. Dr. Barbosa-Leiker is the Associate Dean for Research and an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at Washington State University (WSU). She is also the Director for the…
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Scientist Highlight: Ana Rodriguez (UTMB)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Ana Rodriguez, MD, MPH, who became a Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (UTMB RCMAR) Scientist in 2019. Dr. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Her RCMAR pilot grant is titled, “Awareness of Cancer Risk…
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Scientist Highlight: Staja Booker (UF CAMPAS)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Staja Booker, PhD, RN, who became a University of Florida Center for Advancing Minority Pain & Aging Science (UF CAMPAS) RCMAR Scientist in 2018. Dr. Booker is an early career nurse scientist, with a passion to understand and reduce chronic pain in older adults. Recent work contributes new knowledge…
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Scientist Highlight: Keith Chan (Asian RCMAR)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Keith Chan, LMSW, PhD, who became a Rutgers Asian Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (Asian RCMAR) Scientist in 2020. Dr. Chan is an Assistant Professor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. His work is focused on the social determinants of physical and mental health…
