The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health selected three postdoctoral fellows to receive the first William G. Coleman Jr., PhD, Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award.
The award seeks to support research ideas and concepts that could one day affect minority health disparities and other issues pertaining to minority health. Each awardee receives $15,000 in funds for supplies and services to be used in fiscal year 2017.
"Increasing the number of investigators studying diseases that disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minority populations is a key focus for NIMHD," said Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, director of the NIMHD. "This award provides opportunities for investigators who are early in their careers to conduct studies that we hope will help advance the science of minority health and health disparities."
Here are the three awardees.
- Tracy Lane, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Lane's research seeks to identify the biochemical features of prostate cancer in African American men that may contribute to the excess burden of disease among this population.
- Candace Middlebrooks, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at the National Human Genome Research Institute. Dr. Middlebrooks' research looks to identify genetic variation that may contribute to increased risk for leg ulcers, which are common complications of sickle cell disease.
- Melanie Sabado, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at NIMHD. Dr. Sabado's research aims to better understand the beliefs and attitudes of Pacific Islanders toward mental healthcare and the factors that either influence or dissuade this population from using healthcare services.
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