New paper alert! Amazing collaboration with Manka N Sarah Szanton Roland J. Thorpe, Jr check it out 🔥 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Do you know a doctoral student who is passionate about #HealthEquity? Applications are open for Health Policy Research Scholars, which trains doctoral students to use their discipline-based research training to advance health equity. Learn more at healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org

Applications are now open for the 2024 Short Course on Multilingual Approaches to Research policylab.chop.edu/announcements/…

Register for the 2024 Health Disparities Round Table

This course was a hit last year & now it’s back for 2024! One student from last year said, “...this course has reenergized me as a public health practitioner. My passion for this work feels restored as a direct result of this course.” ✨ and THIS is why I’m here! ✨

Come join us Wednesday!

Eligible families will receive up to $400 for completing the Nature Uplift research study! ⬇️ 🔗 Eligibility survey: z.umn.edu/nature-uplift. @UMNFamilyMed | #ResearchParticipants

UMN faculty at the Faculty Women of Color Conference ⁦UMN School of Public Health⁩ ⁦diversityUMN⁩

Day 1 of FWCA 2024 conference “It’s better to be well than to move up and suffer” #FWCA24

Explore the work of CHAI member Manka N Manka Nkimbeng, PhD, in this article on dementia education in African immigrant communities in MN. Gain insights on cultural perspectives and community-driven solutions. Check it out: sahanjournal.com/health/dementi…

It was such a joy to see the ⁦UMN School of Public Health⁩ students at graduation today. Congratulations class of 2024. Also fun to see my colleagues ❤️

Was honored to receive ⁦UMN School of Public Health⁩’s Outstanding Health Equity Impact Award this year for our work in improving dementia literacy. The work continues- contact Africanmem2021.edu to learn about our culturally tailored African MaDE and the Black Immigrant Project.

Honored to be selected as a 2024 Bush Fellow.

Absolute joy to be visiting the On Lok PACE program thanks to UCSF AWARD Network Summer Institute #Aginginplace#olderadults

“If not you, then who?” Dr. Cooper on the importance of the communities impacted doing the research necessary to improve health equity in minoritized communities. #USCAIH at Hopkins Nursing Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity

Full circle moment… Back in the same room where I defended my dissertation to present some of my postdoc work at the #USCAIH ⁦Hopkins Nursing⁩ ⁦UMN School of Public Health⁩ ⁦Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation⁩

⁦Dionne Bailey⁩ & Paul presenting their important work ⁦Gerontological Society of America (GSA)⁩2024 ⁦Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation⁩ ⁦UMN School of Public Health⁩

It was privilege to co-chair this important session Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation UMN School of Public Health

Our new paper is out, showing that financial strain is an under-recognized social need. Financial strain (difficulty making ends meet) is associated with LOTS of poor outcomes. Important because it is addressable. authors.elsevier.com/a/1k9it-CmV1Uo1