by NIAAH Editors | Oct 1, 2021 | Our Health
Art Markman, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Culturally, this is an era in which people are held in high esteem when they stick with their beliefs and negatively labeled as “flip-floppers” or “wishy-washy” when they change what they think....
by NIAAH Editors | Oct 1, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars, Research
Kat Kennedy, University of Arizona and Sara Nowakowski, Baylor College of Medicine The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Menstruating women who sleep less than six hours a night tend to suffer heavier and irregular periods....
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Certified Providers, Research
Students at Hampton University celebrate at graduation on May 9. 2010. Studies suggest, however, that the benefits African American students accrue from education will be fewer than those of whites. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Shervin Assari, University of Michigan Many...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars
Minorities and women are under represented in STEM disciplines. Woman in science image via www.shutterstock.com Michael Svec, Furman University Is attending an American scientific meeting analogous to driving through Iowa, an endless sea of white male monoculture...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | Research
Kendrick Lamar performs during the Festival d’ete de Quebec on July 7, 2017. Amy Harris/AP Photo Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey, Georgia State University Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize win is a major milestone for hip-hop, a genre that celebrates its 45th birthday...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | Medical Experts & Research, NIAAH Certified Providers
April Thames, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Negative social attitudes, such as racism and discrimination, damage the health of those who are targeted by triggering a cascade of aberrant biological responses, including abnormal gene activity. It is...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars, Research
Research shows racial, economic and health inequities are deeply intertwined. monkeybusinessimages via Getty Images Marc Cohen, University of Massachusetts Boston and Jane Tavares, University of Massachusetts Boston Just over two weeks before she died of complications...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars, Research
Can lab coats lead kids to feel more like a scientist? Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com Megan Ennes, North Carolina State University and M. Gail Jones, North Carolina State University In order to encourage more of the nation’s young people to pursue careers in science,...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars
Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis on April 3, 1968, giving the last speech of his life. He addressed social inequalities, discussing the low pay of garbage workers in that city. Charles Kelly/AP File Photo Shervin Assari, University of Michigan The college admissions...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars, Research
Assistant professor of chemistry Sidney Wilkerson-Hill, left, in a chemistry lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Bolatito Babatunde, a student in the Chancellor’s Science Scholars program at UNC. Lars Sahl / UNC Chemistry, CC BY Mariano R....