Lenique Huggins is working on a mixed-methods research project investigating the racial and ethnic disparities in Alzheimer’s and Dementia-related disease. Additionally, she co-founded a virtual summer reading program to help disadvantaged children reduce education setbacks during the Covid-19 era.
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It’s so important to investigate health disparities and uncover the systemic injustice that exists within healthcare. I admire your passion to keep researching through an independent study and make a difference.
Hi Lenique, thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us–I really enjoyed learning about your work. I am inspired by your passion for exposing disparities in health outcomes. I thought the idea of the virtual summer school was really cool and perfectly illustrates your dedication to your community.
This project seems so meaningful and important! I worked with Alzheimer’s patients all throughout high school (mostly white) and had no idea about these disparities. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Hi Lenique! Your research is really interesting, and I actually clicked on it because I am in a sociology class this semester which is based on the overall question “Who gets sick and why?” Your research is very closely related to the topics we discuss in class. My question is: Are you factoring sex/gender into your analysis of Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients? Gender is an added burden to stress factors and chronic stressors in general, and it would be very interesting to see what you learn about these gender differences. Racial disparities in healthcare must be more fully addressed and highlighted, and your work is doing just that!
You’re absolutely right, gender is another factor that can have an impact and when you look at the intersection between gender and race there are disparities in a lot of healthcare areas, for example looking at the increased barriers to care for Black men. Not looking at that in this particular study right now but that could definitely be an interesting future direction!
These are such awesome projects, Lenique! I loved being able to see your poster in the video format – it made it really easy to understand the project (and it was super nice to just see your face)! I took a class on medical communications and there is just so much to look at when exploring the way that doctors facilitate conversation depending on various identities. It’s super important work and it makes me proud to know that you are working on it! Great job, Lenique! Hope to see you soon!
Thank you for your video Lenique! I know you technically had two unrelated projects, but I think it’s fascinating to think of the resonances between health and literacy in our communities. I know this is especially important when thinking about how health professionals communicate to folks who don’t speak English, but I wonder what other important crossover might exist between these two interests! Again, thanks for an awesome video, and for giving me so much to think about.
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