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The Making of African Made: Memory and Dementia Education by and for the African Immigrant Community
Life Course Center members Manka Nkimbeng, Tetyana Shippee, and Joe Gaugler collaborated with a community project advisory board to develop a culturally tailored dementia education program and booklet for the African immigrant community in Minnesota.
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Alexandra VanBergen
Alexandra (Alex) VaanBergen is currently a Research Scientist on the National Couples' Health and Time Study (NCHAT) and the Work and Family Life Study (WAFLS), projects led by Claire Kamp Dush. Alex has a Ph.D. in Human Development & Family Science from The Ohio State University. Her research interests are at the intersection of sexual identity, gender, and race, with a particular interest in mental health disparities. Alex uses actor partner interdependence modeling (and other SEM approaches) to investigate risk and protective factors to mental health, including suicide risk.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the University of Minnesota Life Course Center on the Demography and Economics of Aging (P30AG066613), funded through a grant from the National Institute on Aging.