American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Fellow Dr. Nancy Morrow-Howell co-leads ageism research. Fellow Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos discusses HIV in the Latino community and public funding.

Researchers Learn About How Adults Experience Ageism

September 9, 2024 — The Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at Washington University in St. Louis has received an 18-month $136,000 grant from the RRF Foundation to study how older adults understand and experience ageism. Co-leading the focus-group driven study is Fellow Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, the Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy at the Brown School. Ageism is “prevalent, invisible and hurts older people and communities,” she said.

Read more from Washington University in St. Louis’s Institute for Public Health.

Fellow Discusses Zero-Sum Games and Public Funds for Washington Post

September 24, 2024 — Fellow and executive director of the Institute for Policy Solutions at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, responded to an opinion piece about zero-sum thinking in public health policy, in a letter to the editor for the Washington Post. Arguing against the concept that increasing funding for one group comes at the expense of another, Guilamo-Ramos said, “We can reverse the impact of zero-sum thinking on population health, but only if we eliminate health inequities. Now that would be a win-win game changer.”

Read more in the Washington Post.

Fellow Spotlights Latino HIV Crisis at the White House

September 26, 2024 — Fellow Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, executive director of the Institute for Policy Solutions at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, joined a group of leaders at the White House on September 24, 2024 for the ¡Adelante! summit to highlight the largely overlooked HIV crisis in the Latino community. Guilamo-Ramos presented "Opportunities to Accelerate the National Response to Address the Ongoing U.S. Latino HIV Crisis," outlining concerning statistics about HIV in Latino communities and strategies for addressing it.

Read more in the Hub.