Pools Apart: A Swimmer and Scholar Takes on Racial Disparities in Swimming

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Humphrey School Professor Samuel Myers Jr. has been awarded a two-year, $417,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health(NIH) to study racial disparities in drowning deaths.

The objective of the research is to assess the effectiveness of public policies—such as boating regulations, swimming pool standards, learn-to-swim initiatives, and lifeguard training—at reducing drowning deaths, and for whom.

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