Howard University News October 27, 2014 Howard Receives Nearly $2 Million Federal Grant for Aging Research Program Atanu Duttaroy, Ph.D., of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Kebreten Manaye, M.D., of the College of Medicine, have received a five-year federal grant of nearly $2 million to support the development of Howard University's Advancing Diversity in Aging Research (HUADAR) program. The goal of HUADAR is to identify top minority students in medicine, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (MSTEM) disciplines, familiarize them with aging research and prepare them for graduate studies and professional careers in geriatrics and gerontology through extensive mentoring, scientific training and educational experiences. The grant funds are from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA). "By familiarizing this cadre of minority scholars with aging research early in their careers, this program can help interest them in building careers in geriatrics and gerontology," said Duttaroy. Duttaroy and Manaye have embraced the goal of the NIA's Advancing Diversity in Aging Research (ADAR) initiative, which is to "fill a gap in the pipeline transitioning from undergraduate to graduate education in aging as it relates to medicine, science, technology, engineering and mathematics." In addition to Duttaroy and Manaye, HUADAR will be supported by the following Howard University faculty: Joanne Allard, Ph. D. (Physiology), Dexter Lee, Ph. D. (Physiology), Sudha Sharma, Ph. D. (Biochemistry), Antonei Csoka, Ph. D. (Anatomy), Elizabeth Bertera, Ph. D. (Social Work), and Tabitha Washington, Ph. D. (Mathematics). The project also includes external collaborators from the NIA, Johns Hopkins, the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, George Washington University and the UT Health Sciences Center,, San Antonio, who have committed to training Howard University students on aging research. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.