by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | Research
Research conflicts over how graduates of historically black colleges fare in the job market. sirtravelalot/Shutterstock.com Gregory N. Price, University of New Orleans In 2010, two economists claimed that graduates of historically black colleges and universities, or...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars
Hip-hop officially became the most popular music genre in 2018 and continued its reign in 2019, according to Nielsen Music. Lev Radin/Shutterstock.com Nolan Jones, Mills College When Cassie Crim, a high school math teacher in Joliet, Illinois, introduced herself to...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars
Historically, many American universities helped lay the foundation for eugenics, a pseudoscience used to justify racism. Helioscribe/www.shutterstock.com Juan Miró, University of Texas at Austin and Edmund T Gordon, University of Texas at Austin The Trump...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | Research
Fathers often place more emphasis on their role as head of household than their health. Marmion/Shutterstock.com Derek M. Griffith, Vanderbilt University and Elizabeth C. Stewart, Vanderbilt University If you had to choose, which would you rather have: a healthy...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars
Lauren Rhue, Wake Forest University Facial recognition technology has progressed to point where it now interprets emotions in facial expressions. This type of analysis is increasingly used in daily life. For example, companies can use facial recognition software to...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Certified Providers
An African American man in a hospital bed. Studies show that pain in African American patients is often not addressed. pixelheadphoto/digitalskillet Yolonda Wilson, Howard University Several years ago, MapQuest directed me on a 10-hour drive to visit my father in a...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s new school will focus on teaching students about science and the music industry. David Livingston/Getty Images Edmund Adjapong, Seton Hall University; Nolan Jones, Mills College, and Shaun M. Dougherty, Vanderbilt University Music producers...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | Research
A new study says African Americans with dementia carry a higher risk for COVID-19 than whites with dementia. kate_sept2004/Getty Images Michael S. Jaffee, University of Florida and Steven DeKosky, University of Florida New research is shedding light on how dementia...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | Our Health
Infection from the coronavirus can produce weaker immunity than vaccination. Wenmei Zhou/ DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images Jennifer T. Grier, University of South Carolina As someone who studies immune responses to respiratory infections, I’ve watched news of the...
by NIAAH Editors | Aug 1, 2021 | Medical Experts & Research
Nurse Shelia Rickman participates in an after-shift demonstration on Monday, April 6, 2020, in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, after media reports of disproportionate numbers of black people dying from COVID-19 in the city. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast Grace A....