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Causes of Death: Social Inequities and Racial Disparities in Health

Event

Mar
25
2019

Causes of Death: Social Inequities and Racial Disparities in Health

Mar 25, 2019 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 103 McNeil

Event/Talk title
Causes of Death: Social Inequities and Racial Disparities in Health
Series
PSC Spring 2019 Colloquium Series
Name
Davie Chae
Human Sciences, Associate Professor & Director
Auburn University
Speaker Biographies

<p>My research focuses on the biopsychosocial epidemiology of health inequities. I study the interplay between social context, developmental period, behavior, and biology in relation to susceptibility to and progression of diseases. Using an ecosocial and developmental framework, I examine how the disproportionate burden of social hazards experienced by socially marginalized and discriminated against groups generates health inequities. <br /><br /> As part of my work I investigate the complexity of interactions between multiple-levels of influence on health, and psychobiological mechanisms involved in the embodiment of racism-related stressors. Such experiences across the life course contribute to physiologic wear and tear, and premature declines in health due to the cumulative burden that they exert on biological systems. I examine indicators of physiologic dysregulation, including measures of systemic inflammation and endocrine stress markers. Another important measure that I consider is leukocyte telomere length—an indicator of aging at the cellular level. These biologic consequences of racism that are common to several disease processes help to explain racial disparities across multiple morbidities.</p>

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The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) was founded in 1962 and stands as an international leader in research and training on the dynamic structure, organization, and health and well-being of human populations. The services that PSC provides have been funded by infrastructure grants awarded by the Population Dynamics Branch at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) since 1978. The center and its associates are also supported by research grants and contracts awarded by federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation and by private foundations. Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences is the administrative home of the PSC and provides generous dedicated support to the center.

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