Population Health and Disparities
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Applications are Open for 2019-2020 RCMAR Scientists
Since 2012, the Schaeffer Center has received $6.1 million in funding from the NIH to fund pilot projects by junior scholars focused on addressing disparities. This year we are seeking junior scientists concentrating on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in minority populations.
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Seminar Series: Erdal Tekin
Erdal Tekin will present his work titled, "The Hidden Cost of Firearm Violence on Pregnant Women and Their Infants."
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NIH Awards USC School of Pharmacy, Price School of Public Policy 5-Year Grant to Support Minority Aging Research in Schaeffer Center
The $2.7 million award funds scholars pursuing research in health disparities in aging with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease.
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Some Blood Pressure Medications May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s, But Not For All Populations
Certain antihypertensive medications may prevent the onset of the disease, but only among black and white women and white men.
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In partnership with the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the Schaeffer Center conducts vital research aimed at reducing health disparities by strengthening the nation’s safety net of care for the most underserved and vulnerable among us.
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Deaths of Despair: An Update by Professor Sir Angus Deaton
Professor Sir Angus Deaton will provide an update on his groundbreaking research published last year.
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Inpatient Medicaid Usage and Expenditure Patterns After Changes in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit Levels
Changes in SNAP benefit levels were associated with changes in inpatient Medicaid usage and cost patterns.
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Medicaid Eligibility Expansions May Address Gaps In Access To Diabetes Medications
The researchers find Medicaid eligibility expansions are linked to increases in prescription fills for diabetes drugs.
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Seminar Series: Craig Garthwaite
Craig Garthwaite is an Associate Professor of Strategy and the Director of the Program on Healthcare at Kellogg at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. His work examines the effects of government policies and social phenomena on the health and biopharmaceutical sectors.
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Mass Incarceration, Racial Disparities in Health, and Successful Aging
Over the past forty years, the United States has taken part in an experiment in mass incarceration. This article explores the impact that mass incarceration might have on successful aging and racial disparities in aging outcomes.
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Disentangling the Stress Process: Race Differences in the Experience of Chronic Stressors
Older blacks and US-born and foreign-born Hispanics report more chronic stress exposure than whites and are two to three times as likely to experience financial strain and housing-related stress.