Scholar Spotlight Archive

Research focuses on the public health implications of emerging genomic technologies: Examining social, political, and contextual factors impacting translation and adoption of genomic information Julie Harris, PhD, Cohort 6

Influence of experience on molecular physiology: cross-tissue comparisons of the effects of stress on telomere length and gene regulation Annaliese Beery, PhD, Cohort 6

Understanding how the social environment is embodied at an early age: amygdala reactivity to threat-related stimuli as a function of social status Kaja LeWinn, ScD, Cohort 5
Correlation or causation: understanding the contextual determinants of health Jenna Nobles, PhD, Cohort 5
Does discrimination increase the risk of disease? A socio-psychobiological approach to addressing health disparities David Chae, ScD, Cohort 5
Examining the links between social and economic exposures and cardiovascular risk factors
David Rehkopf, ScD, Cohort 4
How sociocultural forces affect the cognitive, emotional, and biological determinants of violent and risk-taking behavior Ryan A. Brown, PhD, Cohort 4
Research focuses on gender differences in the link between mental and physical health across the life course Belinda Needham, PhD, Cohort 4
Can street vending be used as a model to increase access to healthy food?
June Tester, MD, MPH, Cohort 3
African American men’s medical mistrust may be about more than Tuskegee
Wizdom Powell Hammond, PhD, MPH, Cohort 3
Social isolation ups risk of breast cancer death Candyce Kroenke, ScD, MPH, Cohort 3
Scholar travels to Vanuatu to study bednet usage patterns Julian Jamison, PhD, Cohort 2