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UF College of Nursing Receives Over $1 Million for Minority Health Research
The University of Florida (UF) College of Nursing in Gainesville found itself $1,531,000 richer this year after receiving three separate grants to pursue research in cancer, asthma, infant mortality and other health problems that disproportionately affect minorities.
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IHS Receives Research Grants and a New Headquarters
The Indian Health Service (IHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), both agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services, recently agreed to continue their partnership initiative to include American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AIs/ANs) as participants in and beneficiaries of the research and training supported by the NIH.
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Landmark Human Genomics Study Seeks Genetic Causes of Diabetes
Several recent articles in Minority Nurse have examined how the emerging field of health care genetics and genomics has begun to revolutionize the way researchers and clinicians are working to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes.
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Special K
Are you a minority faculty member who wishes you had more time to devote to your research? The NINR’s Minority K01 grant program could be just what you’re looking for.
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Breast Cancer Treatment Options: Do Minority Women Have a Choice?
A nurse researcher’s study of American Indian breast cancer patients uncovers some troubling disparities
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Eureka! Investigating Careers in Research
Do you like to ask questions and discover answers? Consider joining the ranks of minority nurse scientists!
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A Lifetime’s Work
From conducting research that led to a cure for scarlet fever to being a founding member of the National Black Nurses Association, Mattiedna Johnson has had a knack for making history.
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Bridging the Barriers to Research Careers
By helping talented students of color make the transition from MSN degrees to PhD programs, the federally funded Bridges to the Doctoral Degree initiative is working to increase the number of minority nurse scientists
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Jump-Starting Research Careers
A National Institutes of Health program helps future minority nurse researchers gain valuable experience while still in nursing school.
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All Aboard for Cardiovascular Research TRAINing
Culturally sensitive nurse researchers investigate the causes of unequal heart disease outcomes between Caucasian Americans and the nation’s rapidly growing minority populations.
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NCEMNA Receives Major Federal Grant to Develop Minority Nurse Scientists
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Researching With Respect
Nurses conducting research in American Indian communities must learn to be more culturally sensitive to tribes’ unique needs
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Mentorship in Black and White
Through a summer research experience with a Caucasian mentor, a minority nursing student learns to challenge racial stereotypes--both in others and in herself.
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The Power of Partnerships
Two nursing schools’ collaborative project to cultivate the next generation of minority nurse scientists has become a highly praised national model for researching solutions to health disparities
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Cabezonas Con Suenos: Success Strategies for Nursing Students of Color
A nurse-led research study sheds light on the obstacles minority nursing students face and the resourceful strategies they develop to overcome them
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Sihtoskatowin: “Supporting One Another” to Build Research Capacity
A unique collaborative program in Saskatchewan, Canada, is helping Native nursing students north of the border prepare to become nurse researchers.
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Lessons from My Father
American Indian nurse scientist John Lowe wanted to know why his Cherokee father had managed to avoid the health problems so often found in Indian communities. Today the answer to that question continues to inspire Lowe’s pioneering research on culturally competent solutions to Native American health disparities.
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