Psychosocial Drivers of Health Inequity: Weight Stigma, Acculturative Stress, and Racialization
Research seminar presented by Dr Angela Incollingo Rodriguez – Assistant Professor of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Neuroscience at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA).
Angela Incollingo Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Neuroscience at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the US. She directs Stigma Eating & Endocrinology Dynamics (SEED) Lab and collaborates on interdisciplinary research initiatives around the world, including Australia.
Dr Rodriguez’s research program harnesses an integrated biopsychosocial approach to identify psychosocial predictors and mechanisms that drive health behaviours, overall health, and health inequity. Her mixed-methods research occurs at the intersection of social phenomena (such as weight stigma), biomarkers (such as cortisol and inflammation) and psychological factors (such as stress and behaviour change). Core themes include eating, exercise, weight, obesity, stigma, discrimination, pregnancy, maternal health and chronic pain.
Registration is free and everyone is welcome.
A Health and Social Care Unit (HSCU) Research Seminar
Event Details
- Date:
- 26 June 2024 at 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
- Venue:
- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004 (Conference Rooms 1 & 2)
- Campus:
- Online + Alfred campus
- Open to:
- Free event, open to all
- Categories:
- Research; Public Health and Preventive Medicine; Webinar
Description
Research seminar presented by Dr Angela Incollingo Rodriguez – Assistant Professor of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Neuroscience at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA).
Angela Incollingo Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Neuroscience at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the US. She directs Stigma Eating & Endocrinology Dynamics (SEED) Lab and collaborates on interdisciplinary research initiatives around the world, including Australia.
Dr Rodriguez’s research program harnesses an integrated biopsychosocial approach to identify psychosocial predictors and mechanisms that drive health behaviours, overall health, and health inequity. Her mixed-methods research occurs at the intersection of social phenomena (such as weight stigma), biomarkers (such as cortisol and inflammation) and psychological factors (such as stress and behaviour change). Core themes include eating, exercise, weight, obesity, stigma, discrimination, pregnancy, maternal health and chronic pain.
Registration is free and everyone is welcome.
A Health and Social Care Unit (HSCU) Research Seminar
Event Contact
- Name
- Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
- hscu-education@monash.edu
- Phone
- Organisation