New book chapter published on racialized marketing & health inequality

Russell Sage has released Beyond Discrimination: Racial Inequality in a Postracist Era

RWJF Young Leader Award

Naa Oyo A. Kwate was one of 10 recipients of the first ever Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Young Leader Award. The award recognizes leaders aged 40 or under for their exceptional contributions to improving the health of the nation.

New paper published

A new paper in the Journal of Urban Health shows that predominantly Black areas of New York City have longer travel distances to a variety of retail stores, after controlling for key population characteristics including median income, subway ridership, retail demand and population density. The abstract is up on the publications page.

Comings and goings

Congratulations to King Law for his new position as a Quality Management Data Analyst at Saint Clare’s Hospital!

The next big ideas in science

Naa Oyo Kwate participated in the NIH Common Fund’s invited Focus Forward workshop May 17-18. Scientists were asked to present ideas/programs for possible funding by the Common Fund.

Panel presentation at Columbia University

Naa Oyo Kwate presented on a panel titled, “Mapping Urban Foodscapes in New York City” at the meeting “Food, Culture, and Sustainability: New Directions for American Studies” on April 28th.

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 hope you’ll participate!

New Website!

Naa Oyo A. Kwate’s previous website was just redesigned by Studio Kudos! This site is optimized for Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome. The RNA website launched on July 15, 2011!

New Positions

Temi Adegbola will be starting an M.D. at St. George’s University in Grenada in January!
Congrats, Temi!

Nelson Saldana will be starting a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Michigan in September!
Congrats, Nelson!

Azure Thompson has accepted an appointment as Associate Research Scientist at The Yale University School of Medicine, Psychiatry Division of Prevention and Community Research.
Congrats, Azure!

Keynote Lecture at Krueckeberg Doctoral Conference

Naa Oyo A. Kwate gave the keynote lecture at the Krueckeberg Doctoral Conference at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University.