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NIH and Prostate Cancer Foundation launch large study on aggressive prostate cancer in African American men
The largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with higher burden and aggressive prostate cancer in African American men has begun. The $26.5 million...
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NIMHD Welcomes Six New Members to the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institute on Health (NIH) announced the appointment of six new members to its advisory council. Members of the...
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NIH Designates People with Disabilities as a Population with Health Disparities
Sept. 26, 2023: NIMHD Director, in consultation with AHRQ Director, designate new health disparity population and announce funding opportunity in disabilities research.
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NIH Awards $5.8M to Create Genomic Data Science Educational Hub for Early Career Researchers
Sept. 7, 2023: Funds from NHGRI, NIMHD, the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy, and the NIH All of Us Research Program will provide new educational and research opportunities for students of diverse...
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NIMHD Science Leader Receives Honors for Work Advancing the Science of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Dr. Monica Webb Hooper, Deputy Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently received two accolades for her...
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NIH-Funded Study Highlights the Financial Toll of Health Disparities in the United States
May 16, 2023: Ground-breaking study provides national and state-level estimates of the economic burden of health disparities by race and ethnicity and educational levels. Video release: The Staggering...
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NIH's Climate and Health Initiative Tackles Global Health Effects Associated With a Changing Climate
Nov. 4, 2022: Agency leaders discuss new research plan to address the risk to human health posed by a changing climate in a commentary published in The Lancet.