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Scientist Highlight: Collette Adamsen (NERC)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Collette Adamsen, PhD, who became a Native Elder Research Center (NERC) RCMAR Scientist in 2019. Dr. Adamsen is the director of the National Resource Center on Native American Aging at the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks, North Dakota.…
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Scientist Highlight: Yuying Tsong (CHIME)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we congratulate Yuying Tsong, PhD, who was promoted to full professor at Cal State Fullerton. Dr. Tsong became a Center for Health Improvement of Minority Elderly (CHIME) RCMAR Scientist in 2015. Her work focuses on mental health among Asian American populations. Read Dr. Tsong’s full bio. Learn more about the Center…
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Scientist Highlight: Ana Velázquez Mañana (CADC)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we congratulate Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, for being awarded the UCSF Health 2020 Exceptional Physician Award. Dr. Velázquez Mañana became a Center for Aging in Diverse Communities (CADC) RCMAR Scientist in 2020. Read Dr. Velázquez Mañana’s full bio. Learn more about the RCMAR Center for Aging in Diverse Communities (CADC)
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RCMAR National Coordinating Center’s Newly Formed Scientist Advisory Board
On behalf of the RCMAR National Coordinating Center, we are pleased to announce the members of the newly formed RCMAR Scientist Advisory Board! Scientists representing our eighteen sites across the country will come together to address issues of racial justice and promote the careers of RCMAR scientists. The purpose of the Advisory Board is as…
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Scientist Highlight: Riana E. Anderson (MCUAAAR)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Riana E. Anderson, PhD, who became a Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) RCMAR Scientist in 2019. Dr. Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. She uses mixed methods in…
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Webinar Recording: COVID-19 and the Social Determinants of Health Disparities in Older Adults
In this webinar, Marvella E. Ford, PhD, discussed the current incidence and mortality rates for COVID-19 infections in the US. She also described the racial and ethnic disparities in these outcomes. South Carolina was used as a case study. The webinar concluded with a presentation of models of the social determinants of health disparities in…
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Scientist Highlight: Burel Goodin (Deep South)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we congratulate Burel Goodin, PhD, who became a Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) Scientist in 2013, for being awarded the Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Goodin is known for offering undergraduates opportunities to get hands-on research experience and invest…
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New NIH Grant Opportunity
Early stage investigators are eligible for a new program to fund their innovative projects that represent a change in research direction and for which no preliminary data exist. For a full description, see https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2020/11/09/introducing-the-stephen-i-katz-early-stage-investigator-research-grant-program/. The official grant description is at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-038.html.
