By Paul Kleyman, Oct 28, 2009 in New America Media, News Report
Ethnic elders will grow 180 percent in the next two decades. Now stimulus money is helping boost research into ways to bring them better care.
A decade ago, Dr. Carmen Green got to work as a junior researcher on improving management of pain medicine for older African Americans. Now federal stimulus funds are helping her and other senior researchers “pay forward” the opportunity they had by mentoring a new generation of health scientists. “The biggest gift for me is seeing new scholars I’ve mentored move forward,” Green said, in their efforts to close the health disparities gap between white elders and seniors of color in the United States. Read More
