PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 6, 2024) – In partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has awarded Ayodeji Iyanda, Ph.D., $1,488,160 to better address structural racism and achieve health equity in at-risk communities.
Iyanda is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Prairie View A&M University’s Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences.
The Co-PIs are John Bear, Ph.D., Port Arthur Community Action Network; Genny Carrillo, Ph.D., Texas A&M University; Chiung-Fang Chang, Ph.D., Lamar University, Beaumont; Daikwon Han, Texas A&M University; Xiao Huang, Ph.D., Arkansas University; Christopher Jones, Ph.D., South End Charlton-Pollard GHCA; Tianjun Lu, Ph.D., California State University, Dominquez Hills; Yongmei Lu, Ph.D., Texas State University; Joyee Washington, Ph.D., Joyee Washington Consulting; and Xinyue Ye, Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
The project’s goal is to support community-engaged research on the role that data on the social determinants of health could play in improving public health data systems to better address health disparities. These awards aim to support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority serving institutions located in the five Gulf states: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
By Joe McGinty