Linda Chatters receiving the James Jackson Outstanding Mentorship Award from the Gerontological Society of America 2025

🎊 Congratulations to RCGD's Linda Chatters on receiving the James Jackson Outstanding Mentorship Award from the Gerontological Society of America in recognition of her outstanding dedication to mentoring minority researchers in the field of aging. #GSA2025 #PRBA

In Memory of Jane Rafferty, Program for Research on Black Americans and Panel Study of Income Dynamics Jane Rafferty, who devoted her career to social research and was vital to signature projects at the University of Michigan, including the Program for Research on Black Americans and the Panel Study fo...

Jane Rafferty, a research specialist vital to the Program for Research on Black Americans #PRBA, was part of the intellectual history of @umisr.bsky.social. Read more about her and her contributions to social research: myumi.ch/jJr8M
@rcgd-isr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social.

Kudoboard for Jane Rafferty | Kudoboard Kudoboard is an online replacement for the greeting card that you pass around and sign!

Jane Rafferty was a vital researcher behind the Program for Research on Black Americans at RCGD and part of the history of ISR, advancing social research and health equity. Condolences to her family and colleagues. #PRBA @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social ➡️ www.kudoboard.com/boards/fw50r...

April 9: 2025 MCUAAAR Spring Conference, 9 to 12:30 pm

Register for the free, remote half-day spring conference of the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) #PRBA: April 9, 2025: rcgd.isr.umich.edu/news-events/...

The M.O.S.A.I.C. of Multimorbidity: Measurement, Patterns, and Disparities Among Black Americans in the National Survey of American Life Courtney Thomas Tobin, UCLA April 7, 2025, 3:30 to 5 ISR Thompson 1430

Join us next week at @rcgd-isr.bsky.social as Dr. Courtney S. Thomas Tobin shares critical insights from #NSAL for improving the measurement, monitoring, and mitigation of multimorbidity in Black communities. #PRBA

SUMMER INTERNSHIP The National Survey of Americal Life The NSAL is the only nationally-representative survey of mental health of Black Americans (n~6,000). Apply now: https://myumi.ch/dAjnR

🚨 Please share this student internship opportunity -- and apply to gain hands-on research and community engagement experience at #UMich with #NSAL, the only nationally-representative survey of mental health of Black Americans. #PRBA Apply now: myumi.ch/dAjnR

Linda Chatters won the 2025 Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work and Research. This award recognizes individuals who have cumulative career accomplishments that set them apart from other leaders in social work research. Awardees are recognized for advancing the state of the art of social work research and/or its utilization, and exhibiting outstanding contributions in the following domains: scholarship, a rigorous approach to social work research, a major impact or significantly raising public education or awareness in a substantive area, or a major contribution to the social work profession. The award presentation highlighted Dr. Chatters' tremendous body of work and far-reaching impact.

👏 Warm congratulations to Linda Chatters, a social work luminary whose career has advanced the study of aging in social contexts. #PRBA @rcgd-isr.bsky.social @umichsocialwork.bsky.social @umichsph.bsky.social

U-M study explores family surrogacy in African American friendships A recent University of Michigan study looked into the specifics of friendships among African Americans and how they might serve as surrogate families. WEMU’s Ana Longoria shares more details.

Robert Joseph Taylor, director of the @rcgd-isr.bsky.social Program for Research on Black Americans #PRBA, shared findings from the National Survey of American Life #NSAL on African American friendships and social support networks on WEMU:
www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20...

🎂🏆 Join us TODAY for Myles Durkee's *birthday* talk on code-switching in America. At this in-person-only event, Dr. Durkee will receive the James Jackson Emerging Scholar Award from @rcgd-isr.bsky.social #PRBA. We can't wait!