The Community Advisory Board (CAB) of the Healthier Black Elders Center (HBEC) consists of local metro Detroit community members who:
- Are interested in reducing health-related disparities that impact African African older adults
- Are willing to contribute to and support the research, outreach, and education efforts and activities of the Healthier Black Elders Center
The Detroit CAB is responsible for:
- Attending quarterly meetings
- Planning and attending the Lunch & Learn series
- Contributing ideas and content for a community newsletter.
- Promoting Healthier Black Elders programs throughout the community, and
- Sharing their experiences with research in order to recruit for a volunteer registry of research participants, called the Participant Resource Pool (PRP).
- Reviewing applications for research projects that want to utilize the Participant Resource Pool as a sample for a study.
Academic researchers at local universities who have received institutional review board (IRB) approval for their work can apply to the CAB for access to a list of potential research participants included in the Healthier Black Elders Participant Research Pool (PRP).
The CAB provides an additional layer of review to ensure that the proposed study maximizes benefit for Black older adults. CAB members are trained with a research curriculum to support their ability to review research studies and they have the support of faculty liaisons at the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR). Learn more at https://mcuaaar.org
Current Detroit CAB Members:
Ms. Wilma Stringer
Mr. Roland Samaroo
Ms. Patricia Mullin
Ms. Josephine Redd
Ms. JoAnn Smith
Emeritus Detroit CAB Members:
Dr. Ethel Ambrose
Dr. Shirley McRae
Ms. Alice Feurtado
Attorney Adrienne Watts
Mr. James Bridgforth
Mr. Henry Swift
Ms. Gwendolyn Swain
Mr. Freddie Hawkins
Mrs. Fannie Spears
Mr. Eugene Odom
Dr. Sandra Richardson
Dr. Deborah Adolphus
Ms. Brenda Evans
Ms. Adelia Cooley
