Michigan Center for
The Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR)
The Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) is one of six resource centers for minority aging research (RCMAR).
The overall objective of the Center is to foster high quality scholarly and empirical training, research, and interventions focused upon health promotion and health among older racial and ethnic minority populations. This application builds upon the work and expertise of faculty and students at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University to empirically investigate African American health inequalities over the life-course.
The center is jointly funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Nursing Research in an effort to:
- Establish a mechanism for mentoring researchers for careers in research on the health of minority elders
- Enhance diversity in the professional workforce conducting research on the health of minority elders and
- Develop and deploy strategies for recruiting and retaining minority group members in epidemiological, psychosocial, and/or biomedical research dealing with the health of the elderly.
Below are our four MCUAAAR cores:
For more information contact: Karen Daniels Tucker @ 313-871-0735 or kldaniels@wayne.edu
MCUAAAR is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and Wayne State University