Advancing Minority Aging Research Efforts
Project Period : September 30, 1997 - August 31, 2003
Funded By : National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging
Grant No. : NRO4716
Award : $3,052,754
PI : Mutran Co-investigator:
Daniel L. Howard, Ph.D.
To provide a structural umbrella to formulate research partnerships among
institutions in North Carolina and increase outreach to minority institutions
and mentor researchers in issues of minority aging. Project examined the level
of racial separation among assisted living facilities and nursing homes in
various states and the social and economic variables that correlated with this
separation.