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NIMHD Director Discusses Ways Researchers Can Help Reduce Health Disparities

June 26, 2023

June 26, 2023: Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., shares his thoughts on national priorities for reducing health disparities and opportunities for clinical researchers to help promote health equity.

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NIMHD Science Leader Receives Honors for Work Advancing the Science of Minority Health and Health Disparities

May 24, 2023

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

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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Asian

Black or African American

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Community Members as Reviewers of Medical Journal Manuscripts

May 9, 2023

May 9, 2023: An NIMHD-funded study found that community members can review medical manuscripts and provide useful feedback to journal editors if they are trained, supervised, and compensated.

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Acculturation and Depression Are Associated With Sleep Problems Among Mexican Americans

April 25, 2023

April 25, 2023: An NIMHD-funded study finds that Mexican Americans with higher levels of acculturation—those who have lived in the United States for 10 years or more and spoke majority English—were more likely to be depressed and experience sleep problems.

Hispanic or Latino American

Mental, Behavioral Related

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Who Is Dr. Abdallah Utumatwishima, the New Minister of Youth?

March 25, 2023

March 25, 2023: Dr. Jean Nepo Utumatwishima, the first graduate of the NIH-Rwandan Health Program, was appointed as Minister of Youth in Rwanda. In 2017, Dr. Utumatwishima became the first graduate of...

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Neighborhood Poverty can Contribute to Health Problems Later in Life, but Attachment Style in Personal Relationships May Help

March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023: Stress of neighborhood poverty linked to early aging but new research suggests that close relationship attachments may be a buffer. The NIMHD-funded study adds to growing evidence that relationships and attachment play an important role in physical health.

Black or African American

People with lower socioeconomic status (SES)

Underserved rural populations

Mental, Behavioral Related

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U.S. Rural Counties Have Higher Death Rates From Diabetes Than More Urbanized Environments

February 28, 2023

Feb. 28, 2023: A recent study highlights the need for more accessible care to help people in rural counties manage diabetes and other chronic illnesses.

Underserved rural populations

Metabolic Related

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Medical Schools’ Responses to Race-Related News Events Affect Black Medical Students’ Mental Health

January 24, 2023

Jan. 24, 2023: Data from an NIMHD-funded study reveal that stress caused by perceived racism and medical schools’ responses to racial unrest can affect the mental health of Black medical students.

Black or African American

Mental, Behavioral Related

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