We examine how people can have healthy outcomes despite racial and community-based adversities. Identifying healthy coping strategies, particularly those that need to be understood from a cultural context is key to achieving health equity. This research area focuses on healthy emotional and behavioral coping in the face of racial and financial stressors.

Publications

Hypodescent or ingroup overexclusion?: Children’s and adults’ racial categorization of ambiguous black/white biracial faces

Increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the fields of nutrition and obesity: A road map to equity in academia

Unraveling the Hispanic Health Paradox

Prison Hospital Data Is Omitted From Federal Data Sets

The 5Ws of Racial Equity in Research: A Framework for Applying a Racial Equity Lens Throughout the Research Process

Association Between Racial Wealth Inequities and Racial Disparities in Longevity Among US Adults and Role of Reparations Payments, 1992 to 2018

Depression in the African American Christian Community: Examining Denominational and Gender Differences

Telemedicine services in higher education: a review of college and university websites

Responding to Health Disparities in Behavioral Weight Loss Interventions and COVID-19 in Black Adults: Recommendations for Health Equity

Is this the “Golden Age” of Behavioral Genetics?

Improving Human Health in China Through Alternative Energy

Message Received? The Effect of Academic Socialization on NCAA Athletes’ Grades