Melinda Smith, doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Health and a graduate student with the Center for Health Equity Research, discussed her experience as a contact tracer with KNAU reporter Melissa Sevigny in a feature on Sept. 17.
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Newswise — Researchers have long found that general mortality estimates for whites and African Americans have consistently shown that Black death rates exceed white rates. However, there is limited information on historical trends in mortality rates between older black and white adults living in urban societies compared with rural communities.
NAU News Feature
Aug 6, 2020
Researchers have long found that general mortality estimates for whites and African Americans have consistently shown that Black death rates exceed white rates. However, there is limited information on historical trends in mortality rates between older black and white adults living in urban societies compared with rural communities.
The Institute for Translational Research Education (ITRE) in Adolescent Drug Use is currently recruiting Scholars into the program beginning in the spring semester, 2021. The deadline for applications is October 1, 2020.
Students from health-related fields and community partners are eligible to apply and will earn a graduate certificate in Translational Research and Adolescent behavioral… Read more
Learn more about CHER and SHERC’s response to COVID-19 in our latest newsletter:
In 2019, US Customs and Border Protection apprehended 73,235 unaccompanied minors attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. While their path was fraught with danger last year, their journey has become even more dangerous in a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has reached global proportions.
Samantha… Read more