Advancing Health Equity Across the Lifespan

Brave Idea: GSSW Assistant Professor Tyrone Hamler focuses his research on health inequities, chronic illness, aging and the intersection of mental and physical health. He has a particular interest in understanding and addressing health disparities in chronic kidney disease and exploring aftercare services and donor family experiences in organ procurement organizations. Professor Hamler is a faculty affiliate in the University of Denver Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, serves as vice chair of the Gerontological Society of America Minority Issues in Gerontology Advisory Panel and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Nephrology Social Work.

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Prof. Tyrone Hamler studies health equity in kidney disease for older Black Americans

Recommendations to Advance Social Connectedness in End Stage Kidney Disease Care in a Post–COVID-19 Era

“I Won’t Put Myself or My Family Through That”: Decision Preferences, Family Experiences, and Kidney Disease Decision Making

Understanding the Dual Burden of Physical and Neurodegenerative Multimorbidity on Depressive Symptoms in Older Black Adults

Gender Differences in Objective and Subjective Social Isolation and Self-Reported Hypertension in Older Adults

Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Composition and Depressive Symptoms of Later Life: The Moderation Effects of Individual Race/Ethnicity

Enacting Antiracist Practices in Research through Healing-Centered Engagement