NIH funds groundbreaking research on racism’s long-term health effects
In a pioneering initiative, researchers from Michigan State University and Rutgers University are set to embark on a nationally funded study aimed at investigating the profound effects of structural racism on housing, aging and health. This study, which is the first of its kind, will delve into the historical and contemporary practices that have perpetuated racial inequalities in America.
First-of-its-kind study on structural racism to be led by Michigan State, Rutgers
Researchers from Michigan State University and Rutgers University say they will lead the first nationally funded study on the effects of structural racism on housing, aging and health. The research – funded by an expected $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Aging – will examine the impact that “racist and discriminatory” policies over the last 100 years have had on a cohort of 800 Black and white Baltimore-based adults. Most past research has had an "almost singular focus" on either residential segregation or historic redlining. This report will look at how factors such as redlining, gentrification, predatory lending, urban renewal, freeway construction, segregation and more have shaped the neighborhoods, homes, schools and stores Black residents engage with and how it has contributed to racial inequities, according to researcher Dick Sadler, an associate professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. The lead researchers say that lifelong exposure to structural racism -- the policies and processes causing race-based inequities -- are key drivers behind disparities in health and accelerated aging for Black people.
MSU to launch first nationally-funded structural racism study
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Researchers from Michigan State University and Rutgers University will lead the first nationally funded study to explore the effects of structural racism in the built environment throughout the life course on aging-related endpoints such as cognitive decline and frailty, especially among Black Americans. Structural racism refers to how things such as […]