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.
Congratulations
Ifatunji and Turner Promoted to Associate Professor!!!
Congratulations to Mosi Adesina Ifatunji, PhD (2023 MCUAAAR Scientist and 2013 PRBA Postdoc) and Robert W. Turner II, PhD (2015 MCUAAAR Diversity Supplement Scholar) for being promoted to Associate Professor. Dr. Mosi is a Philosopher, Social Scientist and Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the Departments of African American Studies and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he also holds courtesy and research appointments in the Department of African Cultural Studies, African Studies Program, Institute for Diversity Science, Center for Demography of Health and Aging, Center for Demography and Ecology and the La Follette School of Public Affairs. His primary research interests are in racial and ethnic theory and the methodologies used to study inequality and stratification. He is particularly interested in theorizing how non-phenomic characteristics contribute to racial classification and stratification. Mosi helped organize one of the early PRBA Reunions and conducted video interviews with many people in the leadership of PRBA and those in the network.
Dr. Robert W. Turner II is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Neurology, at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is a health disparities researcher with ethnographic and mixed methods training. His current National Institute on Aging (NIA) funded… Read more about Ifatunji and Turner being promoted to Associate Professor >
Publications
Chronic Disease, Functional Limitations, and Workforce Participation Among Medicaid Enrollees Over 50: The Potential Impact of Medicaid Work Requirements Post-COVID-19
Abstract
From 2018-2020, 19 states enacted Medicaid work requirements as a strategy for reducing program enrollment and overall cost. While these requirements were later rescinded, strategies to reduce Medicaid costs are likely to reemerge as states attempt to recover economically from the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we evaluated the impact of Medicaid work requirements on adults aged > 50, a group that likely faces significant age-related chronic disease burden. Using 2016 Health and Retirement Study data, we evaluated the chronic disease burden of adult Medicaid beneficiaries aged 51-64 years (n = 1460) who would be at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage due to work…
James S. Jackson and the Program for Research on Black Americans: Contributions to Psychology and the Social Sciences
Abstract
James S. Jackson (1944–2020) is remembered as a groundbreaking social psychologist whose career contributions in scholarship, research, and service were fundamental to the field of psychology. This article briefly outlines his career-long work and contributions. A strong believer in interdisciplinary work, his research spanned other related social science disciplines (e.g., sociology, political science), as well as health and social welfare professions (public health, social work, medicine). As the founding director of the Program for Research on Black Americans at the Institute for Social Research, James Jackson initiated and led a long-standing program with a dual focus on research…
Latest News
Lichtenberg Receives GSA’s Highest Honor
Peter A. Lichtenberg, PhD, ABPP (PI and Director, MCUAAAR) is the Director of the Institute of Gerontology and Founding Director of the Wayne State University Lifespan Alliance. Dr. Lichtenberg is also a Distinguished University Service Professor of Psychology. The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has chosen Dr. Lichtenberg to receive its highest honor, the 2024 Donald P. Kent Award for exemplifying exceptional standards of professional leadership in gerontology through teaching, service and interpretation of gerontology to the larger society. Lichtenberg has been…
The MCUAAAR Hosted Webinar for HBCU Partners
Researchers often start with the arduous task of gathering data, but tapping into high-quality data sets that have already been collected can be a fast and invaluable way to survey the field, explore topics, and test ideas. By stewarding secondary data, ICPSR serves the purpose of providing social scientists with rich and broad data resources that are high in quality and publicly accessible.
The webinar was convened at the request of MCUAAAR’s HBCU partners at Howard and Prairie View A&M Universities to help faculty and students learn how to access secondary datasets from the University of Michigan. Dr. James McNally, Director of the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) and…
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.
As one of the longest serving Advisory Board members, Mr. Odom has brought great wisdom and leadership to the Healthier Black Elders Center. He was inspired to…
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
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Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine
Office of Research
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East Lansing, MI 48824
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Wayne State University
Institute of Gerontology
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226 Knapp Building
Detroit, MI. 48202
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