Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research
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The Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) is a collaborative research, community outreach, and faculty mentoring program based at Wayne State, Michigan State and the University of Michigan. It is one of the national Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) funded by the National Institute on Aging to increase and enhance the future scientific research workforce; mentoring promising new faculty and research scientists for sustained careers in aging-related behavioral research.
Dr. Barnes Receives James Jackson Outstanding Mentorship Award!!!
While it was announced that Dr. Barnes was selected for the award in July, she received the award at GSA’s 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting held in Seattle, WA. This distinguished honor is given annually and recognizes individuals who have exemplified outstanding commitment and dedication to mentoring minority researchers in the field of aging. It was renamed in 2021 in memory of James Jackson, PhD, himself a previous recipient of the award.
Lisa L. Barnes, PhD is the Alla V. and Solomon Jesmer Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine and a cognitive neuropsychologist within the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center at Rush University Medical Center. She is also…
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 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…
James S. Jackson and the Program for Research on Black Americans: Contributions to Psychology and the Social Sciences
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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…
Apply for the MCUAAAR/PRBA 2026 Summer Mentoring Program for Doctoral Students
The Michigan Center for African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) and Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) are pleased to announce its 2026 Summer Mentoring Workshop for Doctoral Students focusing on research with African American populations. The virtual workshop will take place June 16-18, 2026. Drs. Robert Joseph Taylor, Amanda Woodward and Katrina Ellis are the program lead faculty. The deadline to apply for the 2026
Summer Mentoring Program is March 16, 2026.
Dr. Tamara Baker Discusses Value of MCUAAAR
Dr. Tamara Baker, (2002 MCUAAAR Scientist and current member of MCUAAAR National Advisory Panel) is a Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MPI of the RCMAR National Coordinating Center. Her successful career was greatly influenced by…
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Many Roles and Talents Mark Pat Mullin’s Passions
Born and raised on the East Side of Detroit, Ms. Patricia Mullin has a passion for learning and sharing information with others. For 25 years she worked as a Nuclear Medicine Technician, where she performed exams to determine organ function. She mainly worked in cardiac care, but also did scans of the brain, thyroid, lungs, and more. Her strength and endurance to continue learning led her to join the…
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