Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research
Participant Resource Pool
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.
Congratulations
Dr. Chatters Receives James Jackson Outstanding Mentorship Award
Linda Chatters, PhD is the Paula Allen Meares Collegiate Professor of Social Work, a Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in the School of Public Health, and Faculty Associate with the Program for Research on Black Americans, Institute of Social Research. Dr. Chatters received the James Jackson Outstanding Mentorship Award from GSA at its 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston. The award recognizes individuals who have exemplified outstanding commitment and dedication to mentoring minority researchers in the field of aging. This award is in memory of Dr. James S. Jackson, a pioneering psychologist in the fields of race and culture and the impact of racial disparities on minority health and is managed by the Minority Issues in Gerontology Advisory Panel. Dr. Chatters is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (Behavioral and Social Sciences Section), has written over 160 articles and book chapters, and has been designated by Thomson-ISI as a Highly Cited Researcher in the Category of General Social Sciences.
Publications
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
MCUAAAR Request for Junior Faculty Research Mentoring Funding Opportunity FY2025-2026
Proposals are sought that support junior investigator-initiated research pilot projects that can lead to independent NIH-funded projects. Collaborative research projects that involve faculty from more than one department, school or institute are also encouraged.
Proposals for behavioral and social science research that focus on the mental and physical health of older African-Americans are encouraged from all academic disciplines that address issues relevant to this topic. Proposals should recognize the importance of a person’s life course development and experiences of stress and coping as it relates to the specific research question of interest. Some examples of these issues include: quality of life, health effects of prejudice and discrimination, caregiving, social support, family life, cognition, mental disorders, morbidity and mortality, healthcare utilization, work and retirement.
Lichtenberg Receives GSA’s Highest Honor
Peter A. Lichtenberg, PhD, ABPP (PI and Director, MCUAAAR) is the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Gerontology at Wayne State University. The award ceremony will take place in November at the Seattle GSA Annual Scientific Meeting, and the award includes an esteemed lectureship at the 2025 GSA meeting. Lichtenberg has been a member of GSA since…
Community Partners
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