Training: Summer Workshops

MCUAAAR Summer Mentoring Workshop for Junior Faculty and Post-Doctoral Fellows​

Focus – Community Based Research with African Americans

In-person at the Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University

June 4-6, 2025

Application Deadline: February 28, 2025

The Michigan Center for African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) is pleased to announce its 2025 Summer Mentoring Workshop for Junior Faculty focusing on African American and Latinx Research. The virtual workshop will take place June 4-6, 2025. Drs. Peter Lichtenberg, Tam Perry, Jamie Mitchell, Hayley Thompson, Kent Key, Annalise Rahman-Filipiak, and Carrie Leach are the program faculty. The deadline to apply for the 2025 Summer Mentoring Workshop is February 28, 2025. This workshop emphasizes training in numerous areas including:

• Key phases of successful community-based research
• Applying for R grants and K awards at NIH
• Writing and receiving feedback on specific aims
• Working with Community Advisory Boards and Community Action Councils
• Navigating the academy as a community-based researcher
• Effectively communicating research results
• Overcoming challenges of community-based research

For more information about the application process, as well as the link for submission:

Download the flyer for the Community Based Research with African Americans Workshop (PDF)

MCUAAAR/PRBA Summer Mentoring Program

May 28 -30, 2025​

Application Deadline: March 21, 2025

The Michigan Center for African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) and Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) are pleased to announce its 2025 Summer Mentoring Workshop for Advanced Doctoral Students focusing on African American and Latinx Research. The virtual workshop will take place May 28-30, 2025. Drs. Robert Joseph Taylor, Amanda Woodward and David Cordova are the program faculty. The deadline to apply for the 2025 Summer Mentoring Program is March 21, 2025. This workshop emphasizes training in numerous areas including:

• publishing in peer review journals
• writing grant proposals to the NIH
• the tenure process
• ethical conduct of research
• successful mentoring and collaborative relationships, and, most importantly
• 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)