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As we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month this year, we are recognizing community-engaged researchers at institutions that are historically committed to training populations underrepresented in science.
More than a third of adults in the United States have obesity, and people who live in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods with lower-income and less-educated populations have a higher risk of obesity.
A recent study partly funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) has shown that African Americans who experience sleep disturbances are more likely to develop impaired glucose metabolism.
Research has continued to show that African Americans are more likely than Whites to be more susceptible to certain diseases and to have different responses to medication.
Each year, the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) hosts a poster day for recent college graduates across the different NIH Institutes to present their research. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OITE held the event virtually over 3 days, rather than hosting the event in person on the NIH campus. A total of 875 researchers-in-training shared a variety of studies conducted under the supervision of NIH faculty.
