Training in Interdisciplinary, Practice-Oriented Minority Aging Research: Honoring the Work of Dr. James Jackson

Abstract Few scientists had the breadth and depth of scholarship, the keen interest in interdisciplinary scientific collaboration, and the commitment to mentoring the next generation of scientists as Dr. James Jackson. His passing remains a tremendous loss for the field. This symposium, organized by members of the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR), which was founded by James over 20 years ago, reflects on the impact of transdisciplinary team science, of the importance of research networks and resource sharing, of the need to center research within practice and community, and of the scientific innovation that comes from integrating conceptual models, data sources, and methodological approaches from seemingly disparate fields. The session is co-chaired by Dr. Robert Taylor, longtime faculty member and current PI of MCUAAAR. The talk by session chair Dr. Briana Mezuk will discuss the ways in which the training approach of Analysis Core has inspired new training programs on integrative methods focused on minority health and disparities. The talk by Dr. Tam Perry will describe the innovations of the Community Liaison and Recruitment Core, including how COVID-19 impacted the activities of the Healthier Black Elder Center. The third talk by Dr. Rodlescia Sneed, a MCUAAAR early-career scientist, provides an example of how this Center supports interdisciplinary minority aging research through her project focused on older adults who have a history of incarceration. Finally, Discussant Dr. Roland Thorpe, a member of the MCUAAAR Advisory Board, will reflect on Dr. Jackson’s legacy of mentorship and collaboration.


THE IMPACT OF VOLUNTEERING MOTIVATION FOR OLDER KOREAN ADULTS ON SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND ROLE IDENTITY Meeryoung Kim, Daegu University, Daegu, Kyongsangbukto, Republic of Korea
As life expectancy increases, older Korean adults need more activities for the next 20 to 30 years after their retirement.Rowe and Kahn indicate active social participation as an area of successful aging.After retirement, older adults uphold a desire to be part of society.This study examines the motivation effects for volunteering on social integration, role identity and volunteer satisfaction.Subjects for this study are 303 older volunteers belonging to the Korean Senior Citizens' Association throughout South Korea.According to the results, the skills obtained through volunteering had a significant effect on social integration, role identity, and volunteer satisfaction.Value motivation also had a significant effect on social integration, and reinforcement motivation significantly affected role identity.Implications of this study were found to have various effects according to the motivation for volunteering.Therefore, it will be important to understand the older adults' motives so that they can volunteer accordingly.

HEALTH RISKS POSED BY SOCIAL AND LINGUISTIC ISOLATION IN OLDER KOREAN AMERICANS
Juyoung Park, 1 Yuri Jang, 1 Hyunwoo Yoon, 2 Nan Sook Park, 3 David Chiriboga, 3  Guided by the double jeopardy hypothesis, the present study examined the health risks posed by the coexistence of social and linguistic isolation in older Korean Americans.Using data from the Study of Older Korean Americans (SOKA, n = 2,032), comparisons of four isolation typologies (no isolation, social isolation only, linguistic isolation only, and dual isolation) were made, and their impacts on physical (self-rated health), mental (mental distress), and cognitive health (cognitive performance) were examined.The 'dual isolation' group exhibited greater sociodemographic and health disadvantages.The odds of having fair/poor health, mental distress, and cognitive impairment were 2.21-3.17times higher in the 'dual isolation' group than those in the group with no isolation.Our findings confirm that both social relationships and language proficiency are key elements for older immigrants' social connectedness and integration, deprivation of which puts them at risk in multidimensions of health.

TRAINING IN INTERDISCIPLINARY, PRACTICE-ORIENTED MINORITY AGING RESEARCH: HONORING THE WORK OF DR. JAMES JACKSON
Chair: Briana Mezuk Co-Chair: Robert Taylor Discussant: Roland Thorpe, Jr.
Few scientists had the breadth and depth of scholarship, the keen interest in interdisciplinary scientific collaboration, and the commitment to mentoring the next generation of scientists as Dr. James Jackson.His passing remains a tremendous loss for the field.This symposium, organized by members of the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR), which was founded by James over 20 years ago, reflects on the impact of transdisciplinary team science, of the importance of research networks and resource sharing, of the need to center research within practice and community, and of the scientific innovation that comes from integrating conceptual models, data sources, and methodological approaches from seemingly disparate fields.The session is co-chaired by Dr. Robert Taylor, longtime faculty member and current PI of MCUAAAR.The talk by session chair Dr. Briana Mezuk will discuss the ways in which the training approach of Analysis Core has inspired new training programs on integrative methods focused on minority health and disparities.The talk by Dr. Tam Perry will describe the innovations of the Community Liaison and Recruitment Core, including how COVID-19 impacted the activities of the Healthier Black Elder Center.The third talk by Dr. Rodlescia Sneed, a MCUAAAR early-career scientist, provides an example of how this Center supports interdisciplinary minority aging research through her project focused on older adults who have a history of incarceration.Finally, Discussant Dr. Roland Thorpe, a member of the MCUAAAR Advisory Board, will reflect on Dr. Jackson's legacy of mentorship and collaboration.
connections and collect data on mental health, coping mechanisms and newly acquired skills, as well as health care access including access to masks, testing and tele-health.The presentation will also describe tailored approaches to initiating a Community Advisory Board and programming in Flint, MI and creative efforts to retain participants in Detroit, MI, thus ensuring the relationships between researchers and older community members are sustained despite program modifications.

SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULTS WITH A HISTORY OF INCARCERATION
Rodlescia Sneed, Bridget Farmer, and Jennifer Johnson, Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan, United States Strong social relationships and social engagement are crucial for both successful aging and successful community re-entry after incarceration.Here, we utilized a mixed methods approach to understand the impact of incarceration on social relationships and social engagement among formerly incarcerated community-dwelling African-American adults aged >50.Participants in the 2012 or 2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study answered questions regarding prior incarceration, social relationships, and participation in social activities.Additionally, we utilized key informant interviews to further explore how incarceration might impact relationships and social engagement.This presentation will describe quantitative associations between prior incarceration and social relationship structure & function.Further, we will use our qualitative interview data to further explore possible explanations for our findings.While midlife hypertension is known as one contributing factor for cognitive impairment and Alzheimer dementia in late-life older adults, less is known about the role of latelife hypertension in resilience to Alzheimer dementia.We examined the relationship between late-life hypertension and Alzheimer dementia resilience among older adults using the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center data from 2005-2020 (n=3,170).Hypertension, captured within 5 years prior to death, was defined as blood pressure (BP) ≥ 140/90 mmHg in at least two visits and/or ever treated with anti-hypertensive agents.Resilience was defined as positive Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology (CERAD score moderate or severe and BRAAK stage V or VI) from autopsy and Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) -Sum of Boxes (SOB): 0.5-2.5 or CDR global (0-0.5)from last data point before autopsy.Student's t-tests and Chi-square tests were conducted to compare patients Mo-kyung Sin, 1 and Yan Cheng, 2 1. Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, United States, 2. George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States