Aging Fast & Slow

Social Genomics and Social Justice

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Season 1. Episode 1. Hosts Dr. Sarah Szanton and Dr. Deidra Crews kick off Aging Fast & Slow with guest Dr. Elissa Epel, professor of psychiatry at UCSF. Dr. Epel’s research seeks to understand the root of health disparities, and the role of chronic stress within aging. Together they unpack her recent work revealing how the impact of systemic oppression is transmitted intergenerationally.

Podcast References:

  • UCSF’s Aging, Metabolism, & Emotional Research newsletter
  • Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress
  • Racial discrimination and telomere shortening among African Americans: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
  • Can Childhood Adversity Affect Telomeres of the Next Generation? Possible Mechanisms, Implications, and Next-Generation Research
  • More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science.

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