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Posted On October 13, 2021 7:04 pm
FOCUS Pyar studies Black sociopolitical life and death and how medical language, strategies, and technologies reenact and adhere race to bodies. Through an examination of institutional intervention and state violence, he also focuses on understanding the nature of stress and well-being in Black communities through capturing geographies of affect, bio-sensing, and psychophysiological response to racial… View Article
Posted On November 29, 2020 2:43 pm
FOCUS Mudia’s research is focused on violence and trauma in urban communities. He aspires to create place-based interventions that redress historical policies and practices which have contributed to the higher burden of violence and trauma within low-income urban neighborhoods. To achieve this goal, his current research examines the underlying structural drivers of community violence and… View Article
Posted On July 23, 2019 7:34 pm
FOCUS Ms. Nkimbeng’s research focuses on understanding the impact of psychosocial factors on health outcomes for minority older adults. In her dissertation, she is exploring the relationship between racial discrimination, acculturation and physical function in older African immigrants. She intends to use her research findings to develop and test interventions to decrease physical function difficulties… View Article
Posted On July 23, 2019 6:21 pm
FOCUS As America’s older adult population increases, the effects of managing multiple chronic conditions become more burdensome. This program will support Mani’s work on evaluating the economic and social implications of chronic disease management in older adults and caregivers. Her work will inform equitable policy efforts to facilitate self-management, mitigate costs, improve quality of care,… View Article
Posted On July 23, 2019 2:10 pm
FOCUS Kellan believes that health equity is a core social justice issue. His research interests focus on how he and other researchers and advocates working at the intersections of multiple communities can reshape the socioeconomic and political determinants of health to secure high-quality care, safe environments, and the highest standard of health for the transgender… View Article