Fostering Transformative and Sustainable Support for Early Career Health Disparities Researchers to Advance Health Equity

Safeguarding SNAP as an Effective Antihunger Program: Myths and Potential Harms of Adding Diet Quality as a Core Objective  – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Jourdyn Lawrence

Assessment of Health Disparities and Sexual Orientation Response Choices Used in Two US National Population-Based Health Surveys, 2020 – 2021  – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Stephanie Hernandez

Racial Discrimination and Cognitive Function: An Instrumental Variable Analysis  – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Jourdyn Lawrence

Corrigendum to Grandparents’ Educational Attainment is Associated with Grandchildren’s Epigenetic-Based Age Acceleration in the National Growth and Health Study  – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Agus Surachman

Projected Changes in Heatwaves over Central and South America Using High-Resolution Regional Climate Simulations – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Josiah Kephart

Physical Health Among Black Immigrants by Region of Birth: A Test of the Racial Context Hypothesis – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Stephanie Hernandez

Exposure to Nicotine Pouch Marketing and Nicotine Pouch Experimentation Among U.S Adults Who Use Commercial Tobacco – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Lilianna Phan

Grandparents’ Educational Attainment is Associated with Grandchildren’s Epigenetic-Based Age Acceleration in the National Growth and Health Study – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Agus Surachman

Evaluation an Acceptance-Based Lifestyle Modification Program to Address Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Adolescent Girls with Overweight and Obesity: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Kristal Brown

Grandparents’ Educational Attainment is Associated with Grandchildren’s Epigenetic-Based Age Acceleration in the National Growth and Health Study – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Agus Surachman

Social Disparities in Flood Exposure and Associations with the Urban Environment in 44,698 Neighborhoods in 276 Cities in Eight Latin American Countries – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Josiah Kephart

Life Space and Activity Space Measurement: Making “Room” for Structural Racism – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Safiyyah Okoye

School Segregation and Health Across Racial Groups: A Life Course Study – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Gabriel Schwartz

Financial Hardship and Age-Related Decrements in Kidney Function Among Black and White Adults in the Midlife in the United States Study – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Agus Surachman

Individual and regional differences in the effects of school racial segregation on Black students’ health – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Gabriel Schwartz

Implementing an evidence-based behavioral weight-loss program in community mental health centers: A randomized pilot study – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Kristal Brown

Where I’m Livin’ and How I’m Feelin’: Associations among community stress, gender, and mental-emotional health among Black Americans – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Agus Surachman

Differences in weight-loss outcomes among race-gender subgroups by behavioral intervention delivery mode: An analysis of the POWER trial – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Kristal Brown

“Hang Ups, Let Downs, Bad Breaks, Setbacks”: Impact of Structural Socioeconomic Racism and Resilience on Cognitive Change Over Time for Persons Racialized as Black – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Safiyyah Okoye

Tackling heat-related mortality in aging populations – A publication by FIRST Faculty members Drs. Safiyyah Okoye & Josiah Kephart

Association between maladaptive eating behaviors among black women and vicarious racial discrimination following a high-profile event – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Kristal Brown

Who are the “police” in “police violence”? Fatal violence by U.S law enforcement agencies across levels of government – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Gabriel Schwartz

Adolescent mental distress in the wake of climate disasters – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Josiah Kephart

Short-term associations between fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in 337 cities in Latin America – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Josiah Kephart

Study design and rationale for TEEN+REACH: Evaluating ripple effects of family based lifestyle intervention to untreated family members – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Kristal Brown

Things That Could Have Helped Me Cope: Adults Reflect on What They Needed as Children After the Deportation of a Parent – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Bertranna Muruthi

Eviction as a community health exposure – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Gabriel Schwartz

Awareness of electronic cigarette industry practices and their associations with anti-electronic cigarette attitudes among susceptible US young adults – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Lilianna Phan

Ambient nitrogen dioxide in 47,187 neighborhoods across 326 cities in 8 Latin American countries: population exposures and associations with urban features – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Josiah Kephart

Sexual Orientation, gender expression and socioeconomic status in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Stephanie Hernandez

Financial Hardship and Age-Related Decrements in Kidney Function among Black & White Adults in the Midlife in the united States (MIDUS) Study – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Agus Surachman

The association between material-psychological-behavioral framework of financial hardship and markers of inflammation: a cross-sectional study of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Refresher cohort – A publication by FIRST Faculty member Dr. Agus Surachman

FIRST Faculty’s Path to Nursing – An article about FIRST Faculty Member Safiyyah Okoye, PhD

Welcoming our 2023 FIRST Cohort

Gender Expression Differences in Allostatic Load Among Females in the United States – A Seminar by Stephanie Hernandez

A New Vanguard: Intersectional Reflexivity and Shifting Praxis in “Men’s” Health Research – A Seminar by Luis Valdez

UHC Adds Urban Health Perspective to Gas Stove Debate

Drexel Research on Structural Racism and Public Health Highlighted

Stay tuned for more seminars to be scheduled.