Goals: The three overarching objectives of this NIA Academic Career Leadership Award, are to 1) expand the candidate's background in health and aging research, 2) develop a strong research base in ethnogerontology at Long Island University and SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn (SUNY HSCB), and 3) establish a vigorous research training environment for ethnogerontology. Candidate and Environment: The PI, who has a background in physiological psychology and lifespan developmental psychology is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Human Development at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University. Her immediate goal is to strengthen her own background in health and aging research and that of several core colleagues, and her long-term goal is to make the Brooklyn campus of LIU a leading center for graduate and postgraduate study in ethnogerontology. The Brooklyn campus, which is a minority institution with over 55 percent underrepresented minority students, is located in one of the most ethnically diverse communities in the United States. SUNY Health Science Center is the largest medical school in New York State, offers complementary strengths, and is also centrally located in Brooklyn. Research Program: This 5-year, interdisciplinary and dual-campus program contains the following more specific aims. Over the course of the training grant we expect to a) promote the development of collaborative research initiatives among a set of core interdisciplinary faculty at LIU and SUNY HSCB, b) develop at least two dual-site, multidisciplinary proposals for federal funding, c) mentor 4-6 especially promising junior faculty to conduct pilot studies and submit grant applications, d) to prepare 8 minority Master s level students to enter doctoral programs in aging, and e) provide at least 60 health care workers in the Brooklyn community with education in state-of-the art health care delivery in a multi-ethnic context. Two waves of junior faculty and Masters students from LIU and SUNY HSCB will be recruited for research preceptorships. A core group of senior research faculty will serve as mentors. The area of research to be cultivated in this program revolves around social and behavioral aspects of aging related to health and health behaviors, in particular, emotion regulation and social networks.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Academic/Teacher Award (ATA) (K07)
Project #
5K07AG000921-03
Application #
6371980
Study Section
National Institute on Aging Initial Review Group (NIA)
Program Officer
Stahl, Sidney M
Project Start
1999-09-30
Project End
2004-08-31
Budget Start
2001-09-01
Budget End
2002-08-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$108,000
Indirect Cost
Name
Long Island University Brooklyn Campus
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
City
Brooklyn
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
11548
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Conway, Francine; Magai, Carol; Jones, Samuel et al. (2013) A six-year follow-up study of social network changes among African-American, Caribbean, and U.S.-born Caucasian urban older adults. Int J Aging Hum Dev 76:1-27
Merz, Eva-Maria; Consedine, Nathan S (2012) Ethnic group moderates the association between attachment and well-being in later life. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 18:404-15
Kudadjie-Gyamfi, Elizabeth K; Magai, Carol; Consedine, Nathan S (2010) The obscuring object of race: clinical breast exams and coping styles in ethnic subpopulations of women. Br J Health Psychol 15:289-305
Merz, Eva-Maria; Consedine, Nathan S (2009) The association of family support and wellbeing in later life depends on adult attachment style. Attach Hum Dev 11:203-21
Magai, Carol; Consedine, Nathan S; Fiori, Katherine L et al. (2009) Sharing the good, sharing the bad: the benefits of emotional self-disclosure among middle-aged and older adults. J Aging Health 21:286-313
Magai, Carol; Consedine, Nathan S; Adjei, Brenda A et al. (2008) Psychosocial influences on suboptimal adjuvant breast cancer treatment adherence among African American women: implications for education and intervention. Health Educ Behav 35:835-54
Kudadjie-Gyamfi, Elizabeth; Magai, Carol (2008) The influence of coping styles on mammography screening in a multiethnic sample. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 14:183-92
Kudadjie-Gyamfi, Elizabeth; Consedine, Nathan S; Ungar, Tracey et al. (2008) Influence of coping with prostate cancer threat on frequency of digital rectal examinations. Am J Health Behav 32:188-200
Consedine, Nathan S; Horton, David; Ungar, Tracey et al. (2007) Fear, knowledge, and efficacy beliefs differentially predict the frequency of digital rectal examination versus prostate specific antigen screening in ethnically diverse samples of older men. Am J Mens Health 1:29-43

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