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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…
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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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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)
