Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research
The Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) is a 26-year-old collaborative research, community outreach, and faculty mentoring program based at Wayne State, Michigan State and the University of Michigan. Under the leadership of a coordinating center, it is one of eighteen national Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) and specialized Alzheimer’s focused projects funded by the National Institute on Aging to increase and enhance the diversity of the future scientific research workforce; mentoring promising new faculty and research scientists from under-represented groups for sustained careers in aging-related behavioral research.
Community Partners
Eugene Odom: Long-Serving CAB Member
Mr. Eugene Odom has been a Community Advisory Board member since 2003. Born in Ohio, Mr. Odom came to Detroit at age four and continues to live there today. His career was interesting and varied. He first worked at Cadillac Motor, then served as a court liaison for 10 years in the Wayne County Substance Abuse Department, and then transitioned to a career in life insurance for several years before retiring…
Latest News
MCUAAAR/PRBA Summer Mentoring Program
May 31 – June 2, 2023
Application Deadline: April 3, 2023
The Michigan Center for African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) and Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) are pleased to announce its 2023 Summer Mentoring Workshop for Advanced Doctoral Students on African American Research and Latinx Research. The virtual workshop will take place May 31 – June 2, 2023. Drs. Robert Joseph Taylor, Amanda Woodward, and David Cordova are the program faculty. The deadline to apply for the 2023 Summer Mentoring Program is April 3, 2023. 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. For more information about the application process, as well as the link for submission:
Download the flyer for the African American Program (PDF)
Download the flyer for the Latinx Program (PDF)
Where Are They Now?
Letha Chadiha, PhD – Former Co-Director of the Community Core
My journey with the Michigan Center for Urban African American Research (MCUAAAR) team began in 2002 after transferring from Washington University-St Louis and joining the University of Michigan School of Social Work (UMSSW) faculty. After joining the SSW faculty…
The Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research is supported by a grant (P30 AG015281) from the National Institutes of Health
University of Michigan
Research Center for Group Dynamics
Institute for Social Research
426 Thompson Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248
734-763-2489
Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine
Office of Research
965 Wilson Road, Room A209
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-1642
Wayne State University
Institute of Gerontology
87 East Ferry Street
226 Knapp Building
Detroit, MI. 48202
(313) 664-2600