Educational Modules to Broaden Academic Research Cultures (EMBARC)

Educational Modules to Broaden Academic Research Cultures (EMBARC) innovatively leverages Cultural Mismatch Theory to create high-impact mentoring activities and educational modules powerfully linked to eliminating educational disparities and driving transformation at the individual and institutional level toward inclusion, recruitment, and retention of URM community college (CC) students to the biobehavioral research career field...

Social Relationships and Physical Health: The Impact of Biological and Cultural Factors

SEARCH (Social Experiences and Relationships on Cross-Cultural Health) Study: The major aim of the project is to examine the cultural and biological factors that shape health among ethnically diverse young adult college students at one of the largest Hispanic serving institutions in the US. Although there is growing literature that suggests that social relationships (like "receiving support") can "get under th...