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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has proposed a mission to reduce and eliminate health disparities among the nation's racial and ethnic minorities.
Hispanics, in particular, have been shown to be at risk for several chronic conditions. The Boston Puerto Rican Center for Population Health and Health Disparities is investigating relationships between stress and its effect on overall health.
Academic News
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Chao-Qiang Lai has been awarded a satellite grant to study DNA Damage and Allostatic Load in an Elderly Puerto Rican Population. |
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Marta Rodriguez, a PhD candidate in Sociology, has just been awarded one of the four Charles H. Farnsworth Trust fellowships in Aging Policy Research for 2006 |