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News stories from the past 60 days.
Aug 16, 2024 - Highlights a research study investigating Alzheimer's disease in Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and American Indian elders. Notes racial disparities in research participants for Alzheimer's.
Source: Alaska Public Media
Aug 15, 2024 - Highlights a new program to support Indigenous-led public health research on substance use, pain, and mental health. Discusses the benefits of culturally-relevant research. The program will be rolled out in two phases with the second phase building on the community-driven planning and pilots accomplished in the first phase.
Source: National Institutes of Health
Aug 13, 2024 - Highlights recent funding for advancing Indigenous data sovereignty through a worldwide system of policies, practices, and collaborative norms. Led by U.S. Indigenous co-investigators, the project will create the Indigenous DataSET which will offer researchers and institutions guidance through training, processes, and documentation as well as support current indigenous communities' data scholarship and standards. The project aims to advance science in service to communities.
Source: Native News Online
Last Updated: 8/19/2024