| |
Research Interests:
Sally Zierler's research empirically measures indicators for allostatic load and
its cumulative effects on population rates of aging. Her most recent work
focuses on how biologic and multi-level social interactions affect physiologic
processes that increase risk of disease in populations that share certain
socially valued or devalued identifies and experiences. At issue is both
resilience and physiologically damaging processes in populations regularly
exposed to social trauma, such as racial discrimination, early life abuse, and
structural violence associated with poverty and social marginalization. Zierler
is an epidemiologist with a background in pathology, psychological education,
psychometry, social activism, and statistics. Major research activities using
allostatic theory revolve around HIV infection and violence, determinants of
aging in relation to gender-based violence, and allostatic mechanisms to explain
racial disparities in preterm labor. |
