PHS Monday Seminar Series Presented Colter Mitchell, PhD
Biosocial Approaches to Examining Health Inequalities
Event Details
Date
Monday, February 17, 2020
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
Description
Abstract
Measures of social disadvantage such as poverty, neighborhood violence, and parental incarceration have well documented health and behavioral consequences for children, which can even reach into adulthood leading to health inequalities. Social disadvantage likely operates through both social and biological mechanisms; however, only in the last decade and a half have we seen a rapid increase in the integration of social science and biology. ... for more information see website
Measures of social disadvantage such as poverty, neighborhood violence, and parental incarceration have well documented health and behavioral consequences for children, which can even reach into adulthood leading to health inequalities. Social disadvantage likely operates through both social and biological mechanisms; however, only in the last decade and a half have we seen a rapid increase in the integration of social science and biology. ... for more information see website
Cost
Free