Is There a Biological Basis for Race?
Alan Goodman, former AAA President and co-director of the RACE: Are We So Different? project, appeared on NPR’s Science Friday last week to discuss shifting racial categories in the US Census. He also provided an introduction to the RACE Project and how it encourages individuals to view race from multiple perspectives.
The Center for Alaska Native Health Research
The Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR) embrace a collaborative research model while working with Alaska Native communities, organizations and individuals. At every stage of CANHR research, faculty and staff work with tribal groups and health care agencies to frame research questions, develop methodologies and procedures, and to interpret and apply data to prevention and treatment.
Faith Moves Mountains
Faith Moves Mountains is a research organization hosted by the Behavioral Science department of the University of Kentucky. Our research studies how rural community members from Eastern Kentucky make health decisions and we are testing programs that work with local churches. By determining what factors influence how Kentuckians make healthier lifestyle choices, we hope to gain valuable insight into how to form more effective programs to encourage healthier behaviors.