During the COVID-19 pandemic and at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, researchers assembled a recruitment dream team and joined with African American men who are prostate cancer survivors to “do what is needed for future generations.”

African American men have disproportionately higher prostate cancer rates, with an earlier onset, and twice the prostate cancer mortality than other racial groups. These outcomes are difficult for University of Southern California (USC) researchers to accept.

Hundreds of postbac fellows recently filled the Natcher Conference Center for NIH’s 2024 Postbac Poster Day. Among them were 11 NIMHD early-career researchers already advancing understanding of minority health and health disparities research.

NIMHD’s Conversations with Researchers Engaging With Communities

May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month. As we celebrate the significant contributions to America—from its history through present day and beyond—by people who represent AANHPI communities, we’re recognizing researchers who are promoting health equity through their community-engaged research.

NIMHD’s Conversations with Researchers Engaging With Communities

May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month. As we celebrate the significant contributions to America—from its history through present day and beyond—by people who represent AANHPI communities, we’re recognizing researchers who are promoting health equity through their community-engaged research.

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 study is called RESPOND, or Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Tumor Markers, and Social Stress.

NIMHD’s Conversations with Researchers Engaging With Communities

February is Black History Month. As we celebrate the significant contributions to America—from its history through present day and beyond—by people who represent Black and African American communities, we recognize researchers who are promoting health equity through their community-engaged research.

Conversation with Dr. Eva Moya, University of Texas at El Paso

Translating Data on HPV and Cancer Prevention into Action

Obesity is associated with both increased risk of breast cancer and increased risk of death after breast cancer diagnosis. Understanding the association between body composition, including the amount and distribution of fat in the body, and breast cancer is important.

The NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) hosts poster sessions every year for recent college graduates (postbaccalaureate students, or “postbacs”) throughout the NIH Institutes to present their research to review panels and peers. The event provides an opportunity for these early scientists to share their NIH research while developing their communication and networking skills. Posters are reviewed by teams composed of graduate students, postdoctoral students, and staff scientists.