The CADC is committed to increasing high quality research focused on the concerns of aging minority populations to eliminate health disparities.  This research, conducted by both CADC Scholars (pilot investigators) and CADC faculty, has focused on specific substantive areas related to minority aging, as well as cross-cutting methodological issues (measurement and recruitment).  CADC researchers conduct research studies in the following areas:

• Social Determinants of Health
  
  
• Health Behaviors and Self-management
  
  
• Health Care Quality and Access
  
  
• Cancer

• Diabetes and Kidney Disease

• Caregiving

• Cognitive Functioning

• End of Life Care and Palliative Care
  
  
• Biological/Genetic Determinants of Health
  
  
• Heart Disease
  
  
• Women’s Health
  
  
• Disability/Functional Status
  
  
• Methods and Measurement
  
  
• Recruitment and Community-based Participatory Research