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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…
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Scientist Highlight: Kevin Alexander (SAGE)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we congratulate Kevin Alexander, MD, for receiving the Stanford KL2 Mentored Career Development Program Award by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Alexander became a Stanford Aging and Ethnogeriatrics (SAGE) RCMAR Scientist in 2020. Learn more about Dr. Kevin Alexander. Visit the Stanford Aging and Ethnogeriatrics (SAGE) RCMAR Center website.
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Webinar Recording: Planning for Compliance with CONSORT Requirements in Clinical Trials
The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) were developed to insure consistent and comprehensive reporting of data from clinical trials. On February 19th, Nina Harawa, PhD, MPH, reviewed those standards in order to aid investigators in setting up their data collection protocols in a manner that will ensure future compliance with these standards.
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UCSF RISE Call for Applications
Research in Implementation Science for Equity (RISE) is an all-expenses-paid training opportunity for junior faculty who are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. RISE is designed to train competitive scientists and enhance the diversity of the biomedical research workforce. The program involves a two-week RISE Summer Institute, focused on implementation science and career mentoring, which is hosted…
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NIH -funded LAUNCH to enhance early faculty career success
New NIH-funded faculty development program, Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH). The goal of LAUNCH is to enhance early faculty career success and success in obtaining NIH or equivalent funding. It begins with a Summer Institute from July 12-23, 2021, followed by a 2-day Mid-Year Meeting and second Summer Institute in 2022. The deadline to…
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Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Older Adults into Research
Strategies for recruiting and retaining older adults in research. Guest editors and co-directors of the Coordinating Center, Drs. Lourdes Guerrero and Steven P. Wallace have assembled articles to advance research and interventions that addresses emerging topics and methods related to Alzheimer’s and related dementia research among diverse older adults to reduce health disparities. Most articles are from…
