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Why Are They so Hard to Change?</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Sept. 3, 2024: Dr. Pérez-Stable addresses the effort to fill in data gaps to craft better race-based algorithms.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.houstonmethodist.org/leading-medicine-blog/articles/2024/aug/podcast-tackling-health-disparities-through-federal-funding-research-quality-time-with-dr-schaal/">PODCAST: Tackling Health Disparities Through Federal Funding & Research</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Aug. 8, 2024: Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable joins Houston Methodist’s "Quality Time with Dr. Schaal" to share how NIH is advancing research & funding to address health disparities.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/nimhd-chat-recalls-sullivan-s-impact-minority-health">NIMHD Chat Recalls Sullivan’s Impact on Minority Health</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">July 19, 2024: In a fireside chat hosted by NIMHD Director Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable, former HHS Secretary, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan shared personal stories and insights, reflecting on his dedication to health policy, medicine and education.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.medcentral.com/biz-policy/experts-weigh-in-on-practical-ways-to-define-and-deliver-patient-centered">Experts Weigh in on Practical Ways to Define and Deliver Patient-Centered Care</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">June 28, 2024: In this <em>Language in Medicine Matters</em> series, Dr. Dolly White, program official at NIMHD, addresses how language in professional communications and direct patient conversations can affect care quality and health outcomes.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://elpais.com/us/2024-06-06/el-cancer-ataca-de-forma-diferente-a-los-latinos-son-mas-susceptibles-de-contraer-el-cervical-y-menos-el-de-mama.html">Cancer Attacks Latinos Differently: They Are More Susceptible To Cervical Cancer And Less Breast Cancer</a> (En Español)</h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">June 6, 2024: Dr. Lynne Padgett, program director at NIMHD, addresses cancer risk among persons from Latino communities.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.psychreg.org/adolescent-suicide-rates-increased-across-all-methods-us-1999-2020/">Adolescent Suicide Rates Increased Across All Methods in the U.S. from 1999 to 2020</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">May 30, 2024: Recent research published in <em>JAMA Network Open</em> reveals a troubling increase in adolescent suicide rates in the U.S., with notable variations in methods and demographic characteristics from 1999–2020.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/nimhd-perez-stable-health-disparities">Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable on Health Disparities: Biology, Behavior, and Society</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">April 30, 2024: Dr. Pérez-Stable participated in a Q&A with WebMD to discuss the field of health disparities and how his studies aim to improve interventions not only in clinical settings, but across communities.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up" style="width: 100%"><a href="https://www.healio.com/news/primary-care/20240429/study-adolescent-suicides-increased-by-all-methods-since-1999">Study: Adolescent Suicides Increased By All Methods Since 1999</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">April 29, 2024: Adolescent suicides increased by all methods — including firearms — from 1999 to 2020, according to a NIMHD-supported study published in <em>JAMA Network Open</em>.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/behind-the-science-magazine/health-equity-gap-medicine-vaccine-access/">‘It is Both a Strategic and a Moral Imperative’: Why Closing the Health Equity Gap is Better for Everyone</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">April 9, 2024: Dr. Dolly White, program official at NIMHD, addresses the importance of advancing health equity. </p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://elpais.com/ciencia/2024-02-19/el-adn-de-250000-personas-ilumina-el-efecto-mas-oculto-de-la-pobreza.html">The DNA of 250,000 People Illuminates the Most Hidden Effect of Poverty</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Feb. 19, 2024: Dr. Pérez-Stable talks about NIH’s All of Us Research Program and how it will help to address diversity in genomic research. </p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997646">Here's How to Help Black Smokers Quit</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Oct. 23, 2023: Black Americans attempt to quit smoking more often than their White counterparts but are less likely to succeed, and they pay the health consequences. This knowledge has driven Kevin Choi, MD, acting scientific director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities in Bethesda, Maryland, to dedicate his career to studying the patterns and disparities of smoking among these patients. </p> </article>  <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/nimhd-director-discusses-ways-researchers-can-help-reduce-health-disparities/">NIMHD Director Discusses Ways Researchers Can Help Reduce Health Disparities</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">June 26, 2023: Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., shares his thoughts on national priorities for reducing health disparities and opportunities for clinical researchers to help promote health equity. </p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/meet-the-director-eliseo-j-perez-stable-m.d-national-institute-on-minority-health-and-health-disparities">Meet the Director: Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">June 22, 2023: Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable served in the medical and research communities for decades before becoming the second director of NIMHD in 2015. His path to NIH was guided by his unique experiences and partnerships, which prepared him to lead NIMHD in its mission to reduce health disparities and improve the health of minority and disadvantaged populations. </p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/6124/news/politics/who-is-dr-abdallah-utumatwishima-the-new-minister-of-youth">Who Is Dr. Abdallah Utumatwishima, the New Minister of Youth?</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">March 25, 2023: Dr. Jean Nepo Utumatwishima, the first graduate of the NIH-Rwandan Health Program, was appointed as Minister of Youth in Rwanda. In 2017, Dr. Utumatwishima became the first graduate of the NIH yearlong Rwanda fellowship program that trains a Rwandan physician to become a clinician scientist. </p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://diversity.nih.gov/blog/2022-09-15-dreliseo-j-perez-stable-helps-raise-others">Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable Helps Raise Others</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Sept. 15, 2022: In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Dr. Marie A. Bernard, NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, spotlights Dr. Pérez-Stable's career and research interests, the impact of diversity on health disparities research, and how COSWD and NIMHD work together.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c02a1HYsqSY&list=PL38N7FY-na0PuAoabsv5_Edoe2ISZUvfC&index=8">Latina Leaders Summit with Dr. Anna María Nápoles</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">June 27, 2022: The Hill speaks to NIMHD’s Scientific Director, Dr. Anna María Nápoles about Latina empowerment and building equitable spaces and representation across all sectors.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.goodrx.com/health-topic/mental-health/mental-health-resources-men">Mental Health Support and Resources for Men</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">June 21, 2022: Men struggle with their mental health just like everyone else but are less likely to seek related treatment and support. Many mental health resources tailored for men are available though, including <em>Brother, You're On My Mind</em>, a toolkit put together by NIMHD and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity to promote mental health for Black men.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/health/kidney-disease-black-americans.html">Targeting the Uneven Burden of Kidney Disease on Black Americans</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">May 17, 2022: Kidney specialists have long known that Black Americans are disproportionately affected by kidney disease. While <a href="https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/08/improved-race-ethnicity-measures-reveal-united-states-population-much-more-multiracial.html">Black people make up about 12% of the U.S. population</a>, they comprise <a href="https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/race-ethnicity">35% of Americans with kidney failure</a>.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/the-time-is-now-to-end-racial-inequities-in-medical-research">“The Time is Now” to End Racial Inequities in Medical Research</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">April 12, 2022: <a href="https://www.nih.gov/ending-structural-racism">NIH's UNITE initiative</a> aims to end structural racism in biomedical research. Dr. Monica Webb Hooper, NIMHD Deputy Director, and Dr. Marie A. Bernard, NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity & UNITE Co-chair, provide their perspectives on progress.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/home/topics/infectious-diseases-information-center/racial-ethnic-minorities-covid-19-discrimination/">Racial/Ethnic Minorities Report COVID-19-Related Discrimination</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">March 23, 2022: The incidence of hostile acts and discrimination against people of color have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href="https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306594">A new study found</a> that people belonging to racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States report experiencing higher levels of COVID-19-related discrimination than White Americans.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/covid-19-discrimination-along-racial-ethnic-lines-twice-as-high-as-prior-studies ">COVID-19: Discrimination along racial/ethnic lines ‘twice as high as prior studies’</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">March 14, 2022: A survey that researchers conducted for a new study has revealed that many members of minoritized groups are experiencing widespread COVID-19-related discrimination. The study comes from researchers at the NIH’s National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mhw.33129">Providers Must Step Up to Meet Mental Health Needs of New Mothers</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Feb. 28, 2022: Wide socioeconomic and racial disparities remain in new mothers’ access to mental health care, and both specialty mental health and primary care providers can help remedy the problem, says a leading health scientist with the federal government.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/health/covid-racial-ethnic-discrimination.html">U.S. Minorities Experienced High Rates of Covid-Related Discrimination, a Study Finds</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Feb. 25, 2022: People in the United States who belong to racial and ethnic minority groups reported experiencing Covid-related discrimination far more often than white people during the pandemic, and far more often than had been estimated, according to a new study that is one of the largest to date on the issue. The study, from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities…</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/minnesota/articles/2021-11-20/new-research-center-measures-impact-of-racism-on-healthcare">New Research Center Measures Impact of Racism on Healthcare</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Nov. 21, 2021: The University of Minnesota opened a new research center in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic that measures the impact of racism on chronic health inequities among people of color in Minnesota.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://thyblackman.com/2021/11/14/my-mind-is-playing-tricks-on-me-the-matter-of-black-men-and-depression/">My Mind Is Playing Tricks on Me: The Matter of Black Men and Depression</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Nov. 14, 2021: As with most things impacting Black males, African-American men receive more than their fair share of the bad and a small portion of the positive…an initiative called <em>Brother, You’re on My Mind</em> shows the consequence of this unfair arrangement. The initiative, a partnership between the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities and the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity...</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.healio.com/news/primary-care/20211029/qa-racial-disparities-in-excess-deaths-during-pandemic-widen-life-expectancy-gap">Q&A: Racial Disparities in Excess Deaths During Pandemic Widen Life Expectancy</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Nov. 1, 2021: Healio Primary Care spoke with Drs. Anna Nápoles, NIMHD, and Meredith Shiels, NCI, to learn more about disparities in excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/17049/involve-the-community-barbers-health-experts-on-overcoming-vaccine-disparity/">‘Involve The Community’: Barbers, Health Experts On Overcoming Vaccine Disparity</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Oct. 19, 2021: When the COVID-19 vaccines arrived, business owners and public-health officials alike finally had a tool that promised a return to some sense of normalcy. But that would take a public willing to get vaccinated.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://today.wayne.edu/medicine/news/2021/10/06/wayne-state-wins-18-million-from-national-institutes-of-health-to-intercept-chronic-disease-in-black-communities-46285">Wayne State Wins $18 Million from National Institutes of Health to Intercept Chronic Disease in Black Communities</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Oct. 6, 2021: NIMHD has awarded Wayne State University a five-year grant to establish a Center for Multiple Chronic Diseases Associated with Health Disparities: Prevention, Treatment, and Management. The center will use community-based interventions deployed from three research institutions to fight hypertension, heart failure and coronary heart disease in the Black population.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/30/police-killings-unreported-government-data-lancet-study-finds/5915807001/">Police Killings Are Unreported in Government Data, Lancet Study Finds</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Sept. 30, 2021: More than half of police killings in the U.S. are not reported in official government data, and Black Americans are most likely to experience fatal police violence, according to a new study.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2021-09-01-2vida-tackles-covid-vaccine-hesitancy-and-barriers-in-latinx-and-black-communities.aspx">2VIDA! Tackles COVID Vaccine Hesitancy and Barriers in Latinx, Black Communities</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Sept. 1, 2021: Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have launched a medical outreach program to get COVID-19 vaccines to Latinx and African American communities in San Diego County. The program, called Project 2VIDA! (SARS-CoV-2 <strong>V</strong>accine <strong>I</strong>ntervention <strong>D</strong>elivery for <strong>A</strong>dults in Southern California), is funded by a $3 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://now.tufts.edu/news-releases/ultraprocessed-foods-now-comprise-23-calories-children-and-teen-diets">Ultraprocessed Foods Now Comprise 2/3 of Calories in Children and Teen Diets</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">Aug. 10, 2021: The calories that children and adolescents consumed from ultraprocessed foods jumped from 61% to 67% of total caloric intake from 1999 to 2018, according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD).</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://kfiam640.iheart.com/content/2021-07-03-ucla-receives-grant-to-study-best-practices-for-safe-return-to-school/">UCLA Receives Grant to Study Best Practices for Safe Return to School</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">July 3, 2021: A UCLA research team has been awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to study how to increase COVID-19 testing access for a safe return to school, particularly for underserved populations.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/12110-uab-professor-receives-r01-grant-for-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-intervention-study">UAB Professor Receives R01 Grant for COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Intervention Study</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">June 16, 2021: A University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher was recently awarded an R01 grant for more than $3 million by the National Institute of Minority Health Disparities — one of five awards made by the NIMHD to address vaccine hesitancy, uptake and implementation among populations who experience health disparities.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/10/montez-sweat-highlights-vaccine-hesitancy-among-at/">Montez Sweat Highlights Vaccine Hesitancy Among Athletes</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">June 10, 2021: Dr. Nathaniel Stinson, Jr., NIMHD, addresses vaccine hesitancy among athletes and younger people.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/04/18/world/covid-vaccine-coronavirus-cases/covid-testing-nih-schools?smid=share-live-control">The NIH Awards $33 Million to Fund Research on Coronavirus Testing in Schools</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">April 14, 2021: "Establishing frequent Covid-19 testing protocols for schools in vulnerable and underserved communities is essential to the safe-return-to-school effort, and these projects will inform decision makers on the best strategies to accomplish this," Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, director of NIH’s National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and co-chair of the RADx-UP program, said in the announcement on Thursday.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latino-black-faith-leaders-get-covid-19-shots-combat-vaccine-reluctanc-rcna434">Latino, Black, Faith Leaders of Color Get Covid-19 Shots to Combat Vaccine Reluctance</a></h2> <p class="text-margin-top text-margin-top-small">March 17, 2021: “Over 50% of all cases and almost half of all deaths are in persons of African American, Latino or Hispanic background, American Indian and Pacific Islanders,” said NIMHD Director Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable.</p> </article>  <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-711643591/black-america-vaccine-episode-23-team-radio-good-mental-health-1-22-2021">Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Among African Americans</a></h2> <p>Jan. 22, 2021: The end of 2020 brought U.S. approvals for Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines, but convincing African Americans to take them remains challenging due to historical treatment of Blacks in medical research and experimentation. NIMHD Deputy Director Dr. Monica Webb Hooper addresses the concerns on the Good Mental Health show.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-right-pad header-up"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/coronavirus-arizona-yuma-covid.html">America’s Salad Bowl Becomes Fertile Ground for COVID-19</a></h2> <p>Jan. 22, 2021: “It’s very easy to spread the virus in those conditions,” said Flavio Marsiglia, director of the Global Center for Applied Health Research at Arizona State University. The university was awarded a <a href="https://covid19.nih.gov/nih-strategic-response-covid-19/about-radx-sm#radx-underserved-populations-radxup">RADx-UP grant</a> to rapidly implement testing strategies focused on populations disproportionately affected by the pandemic.</p> </article> <article class="featured-article featured-article-with-thumb"> <h2 class="h2-bottom-pad header-up header-adjust-small"><a href="https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaa157/6101069">Race and Biology</a></h2> <p class="p-bottom-pad">Jan. 15, 2021: Researchers grapple with health disparities, systemic racism. In 2020, a confluence of events brought the ongoing legacy of structural racism front and center in the United States. As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, its lethal impact was far greater on African Americans, Latin Americans, and Native Americans than on others. 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