
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.
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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.
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Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller Named 2022 MacArthur Fellow!!!
Reuben J. Miller, PhD, a 2014 MCUAAAR Scientist, is an Associate Professor at Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago and a Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation. Dr. Miller was selected as a MacArthur Fellow for his work tracing the long-term consequences that incarceration and re-entry systems have on the lives of individuals and their families.
Dr. Peter Lichtenberg is GSA’s 78th President!!!
Peter A. Lichtenberg, PhD, ABPP, FGSA, director of the Institute of Gerontology and the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, as well as Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Wayne State University, has been installed as the new president of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging. He was elected by GSA’s membership, which consists of more than 5,500 researchers, educators, practitioners, and other professionals. As president, he will oversee matters of GSA’s governance and strategic planning, while also managing the program for GSA’s 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting. He has chosen…
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