F. DuBois Bowman Named Among Most Influential People of African Descent
Dean F. DuBois Bowman has been named among the Most Influential People of African Descent’s Class of 2023.
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Earlier this week, our ASPPH Presents Webinar, SCOTUS Decision on Race and Admissions: Implications for Academic Public Health and What’s Next, delved into the recent Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision on race in admissions and its implications for the Academic Public Health sector.
University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers published an essay in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) examining the synergies, challenges, and opportunities between the principles of anti-racism and community-based participatory research (CBPR).
Biases in heart disease and metabolic disorder – also known as cardiometabolic – studies are putting the lives of midlife Black and Hispanic women in jeopardy. These women are experiencing cardiometabolic risks five to 11 years earlier than White women, but studies designed to gauge these differences often underestimate the disparity, according to new research from the University of Michigan.
Asian Americans who experienced increased acts of racism at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to acquire firearms and ammunition for self-defense, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University.
A review of 25 years of research based on the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) found Black women reach menopause 8.5 months earlier than white women and have worse symptoms such as hot flashes, depression and sleep disturbances. Black women are also less likely to receive hormone therapy, as well as medical and mental health services.