Current Projects

> How does racism register in brain structures?
> Meritocracy and African-American Health
> The Black LIFE Study
> The Symbolic Meaning of Food Among African-American Men

Past Projects

> Project REACH
> Residential Segregation and African-American Health
> RWJF - Healthy Eating Research
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> Naa Oyo A. Kwate, Ph.D.

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RWJF - Healthy Eating Research

In a study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research and New Connections Programs, we investigated the spatial relationship between fast food and schools. Read More

Meritocracy & African-American Health

Many people believe that, with the right mix of talent, ability, hard work, and opportunity, anyone can achieve the wealth and success that the American Dream has come to represent. Read More

The Black LIFE Study

The overall aims of this project are to explore the effects of multiple levels of racism on the immune function, and overall health of urban African Americans, and to test a novel structural-level intervention to reduce the negative impact of racism. Read More

Panel presentation at Columbia University Naa Oyo Kwate will be presenting on a panel titled, "Mapping Urban Foodscapes in New York City" at the meeting "Food, Culture, and Sustainab More

Posted by Naa Oyo Kwate, Friday Apr. 13, 2012

Coming to a household near you! The Black LIFE study is in the field! We are visiting randomly selected household addresses in Harlem and Bed-Stuy. If we visit you, we ho More

Posted by Naa Oyo Kwate, Thursday Jan. 12, 2012