Michigan Center For Urban African American Aging Research

12/17/2020

Party Line – A Social Group for Older Detroiters

A virtual social group for anyone feeling isolated. Hosted by the Healthier Black Elders Center at Wayne State University. In January, we will be getting together on Zoom every Tuesday from 1-2pm, starting January 5th through April 20th.

03/04/2020

MCUAAAR Summer Training Workshop on African American Aging - June 3-5

Application deadline: Monday, April 6, 2020.

Costs: Up to 15 stipends for $1,000 will be awarded to defray travel and hotel expenses.

Eligibility: Assistant Professors, PhD candidates and advanced doctoral program graduate students; U.S. citizen or permanent resident

The Michigan Center for African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) is pleased to announce its 2020 Summer Mentoring Workshop on African American Aging Research.

This workshop emphasizes training in numerous areas including: 1) publishing in peer review journals, 2) writing grant proposals to the NIH, 3) the tenure process, 4) ethical conduct of research, 5) successful mentoring and collaborative relationships, and, most importantly, 6) how to navigate the academy.

The workshop will take place June 3-5, 2020 at the University of Michigan. Drs. Robert Joseph Taylor, Khari Brown and Amanda Woodward are the program faculty.

This workshop is for junior (non-tenured) faculty and advanced graduate students. The primary objectives are on research skill enhancement, career mentoring, and professional development.

Please note that we take a life-span/course approach to African American aging. As such, scholars who do research exclusively on African American aging, as well as those who do research on issues that have a life span/course emphasis (e.g., inter-generational relationships, health disparities, adult mental health, health care utilization, religious participation, and social support networks), will find this workshop useful

03/04/2020

The Alzheimer's Association is excited to announce its International Research Grant Program Announcement for the 2020 June Program. Read the full announcement on the Coordinating Center’s website.

Alzheimer’s Association’s Grant Announcement for the 2020 June Program Alzheimer’s Association’s Grant Announcement for the 2020 June Program Feb 25, 2020 Grants The Alzheimer’s Association is excited to announce its International Research Grant Program Announcement for the 2020 June Progr...

03/03/2020

For those of us who travel extensively, as well as for those of us who are more "homebodies", here are some basic common-sense practices to utilize (if you are not already doing so) to keep yourself and others healthy.

Should you wear a mask? Does airplane travel pose a greater risk? Do hand sanitizers work? Health professionals offer some tips.

03/03/2020

The NIA IRP is currently looking to hire a Post-Doctoral Fellow through the Diversity in Aging Research Pipeline Program (DARPP) . The application period is open now and will close 4/15/20. Interviews will be in May and June, and the person would come on board in August 2020.

In 2015, the Training Office, within the Office of the Scientific Director at the NIA IRP, developed a program to enhance diversity within the NIA Intramural Research Program and eventually within the biomedical research workforce. The Diversity in Aging Research Pipeline Program (DARPP) is a multi-entry pipeline program to develop and expose underrepresented minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged students to aging research.
Please share this opportunity within your networks. Here is a link to the online listing:

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), a research component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is the lead federal agency for aging, age-related disease, and Alzheimer’s disease rese ...

02/27/2020

This event will take place March 24 and 25, 2020, at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. It will also be videocast.

Estimates suggest that as many as 5.5 million o

02/25/2020

Join NACDA for a webinar on Mar 10, 2020 at 2:00 PM EDT.
Webinar registration link: http://myumi.ch/dOWB5

Our MIDUS Webinar will be on 3/10 at 2pm and is FREE and open to the public!
Send to your networks!
"Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Study - Accessing and Using the MIDUS Data."
Register here: https://buff.ly/3c2Ddh7
MIDUS series: https://buff.ly/2ldrd36

02/20/2020

Job opening: NIDA T32 postdoctoral fellow at NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) Level 0 (level 1 possible).

Value added in epidemiology design, conduct, analysis, and science writing, including intervention trials, SMART, and adaptive interventions for prevescalation.

Will mentor toward submission of K99/R00 award success during Year 1. Must be US citizen or permanent resident.

For Level 0, the Graduate school must certify that all degree requirements have been fulfilled at the time of the proposed appointment to NIDA via xTrain eCommons system (no more than 12 months elapsed time since degree requirements have been fulfilled).

For a Level 1 appointment, the degree requirement fulfillment date is >12 months prior to the date of the xTrain appointment e-transmittal, but no more than 24 months since that date.

More information: Contact James Anthony, PhD

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02/19/2020

Genetics, data privacy, personalized medicine,

02/11/2020

This Friday February 14, 2020 is the Application deadline for the NIH Butler-Williams Scholars Program!

Apply now! Applications are now being accepted for the Butler-Williams Scholars Program 2020. Learn more and apply here. The Butler-Williams Scholars Program provides unique opportunities for junior faculty and researchers new to the field of aging to gain insight about aging research. The five-day....