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A special hearing, led by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, brought to light issues the assisted living industry faces, and CEAL@UNC — led by the School of Social Work’s Sheryl Zimmerman — is ready to collaborate.
Four SSW professors shared a presentation and led a discussion regarding how health research supported by the NIH is influenced by who reviews proposals and ways to diversify the funding processes and efforts to involve social workers and community members with lived experiences in NIH study sections and panels.