Profiles in "Health Disparities" Expertise Area
- Xing Zhang is a public policy demographer. Her research focuses on the role of parent-child relationships in shaping young adult health from adolescence to adulthood.
- Michalec’s research examines socialization and professionalization processes and mechanisms nested within health professions education and practice.
- Koffer uses innovative methodologies to link stress (e.g., everyday hassles, major life events) to health and well-being across adulthood and aging.
- With a focus on critical periods of growth and development, Nelson investigates the relationship between familial dynamics, culturally salient forms of social and financial capital and the health of Black Caribbean families.
- Dr. Domino is the Director of the Center for Health Information and Research and a Professor in the College.
- Working at the local, state and national level extending from nonprofit work, hospital systems, primary and higher education and state government with a focus on underserved and under represented communities.