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Scientist Highlight: Celstina Barbosa-Leiker (NAD-RCMAR)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, PhD who became an Native Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (NAD-RCMAR) scientist in 2019. Her research has demonstrated sex differences in the measurement of opioid withdrawal, relapse while in treatment, and predictors of relapse. She is currently leading an interdisciplinary research team to assess…
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Tribute to Dr. James S. Jackson
We at the Coordinating Center are deeply saddened about the passing of Dr. James S. Jackson, one of the founding RCMAR Directors, MCUAAAR Co-PI, and a giant in the field of black aging research. Most importantly he was a mentor to generations of minority scientists some of which have now become Deans, Associate Provosts, Department…
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NIH Funding Opportunity
Examining, Diversity, Recruitment and Retention in Aging Research (R24) PAR-18-749.” The primary outcome will be the development of a population of diverse community members ready to engage in NIA funded clinical research studies.” https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-749.html
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ECHAR Network Pilot Grant Program
The Engaging Communities of Hispanics for Aging Research (ECHAR) Network announced their pilot funding ($25,000) for new investigators to address effective recruitment strategies of Hispanics/Latinos into aging and Alzheimer’s disease research. Due 10/1/20. https://www.echarnetwork.com/uploads/1/3/2/5/132522244/echar_pilotcall_2020-july.pdf
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Peter Lichtenberg Elected to President of GSA
Peter Lichtenberg MCUAAAR Co-Director has been elected president of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). GSA is the leading interdisciplinary gerontology research organization in the world, with a membership of 5,300. “It is an honor to serve,” Lichtenberg said. “I have several goals, but chief among them will be expanding the impact of gerontology through…
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Acknowledging the Historical Silencing of Indigenous Communities
This Land is Theirs: Recognizing the Gabrieliño-Tongva Peoples. California and the Los Angeles Basin in particular was the Gabrieliño-Tongva peoples’ before strangers arrived. The Sepulveda Basin, Sepulveda Blvd and the 405 freeway were UCLA is now, was once a footpath for the Tongva people. Historians estimate there were nearly 100 Tongva villages and nearly 5,000…
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NIH Protocol Template for Clinical Trials
The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) has posted a Protocol Template for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research for communicating the science, methods, and operations of a clinical trial that is testing a behavioral or social intervention or experimental manipulation. Use of the protocol template is encouraged but not required in NIH grant planning…
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Peer review at NIH and race
Peer review at NIH and racial/ethnic bias – CSR has been moving to try and reduce implicit bias and other factors that have contributed to disparities in grant success. See a summary at https://www.csr.nih.gov/reviewmatters/2020/06/12/race-peer-review/.
