A5023114254- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Physical Activity and Health
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
University of California, Berkeley
2022-2025
National Institutes of Health
2022-2025
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
2022-2025
Chronic stress is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and elevated amygdala activity. Previous research suggests a plausible connection between activity, hematopoietic tissue events; however, the underlying biological mechanisms linking these relationships are incompletely understood. thought to modulate epigenomic modifications. Our investigation focused on associations activity (left (L), right (R), maximum (M), average (Av) AmygA), splenic (SpleenA), bone marrow (BMA) as...
Addressing social determinants of health (SDoH) is associated with improved clinical outcomes for patients chronic diseases in safety-net settings. This qualitative study supplemented by descriptive quantitative analysis investigates the degree alignment between patient and clinicians’ perceptions SDoH resources referrals clinics within public healthcare delivery system San Francisco. We conducted a in-depth interviews, patient-led neighborhood tours, in-person clinic visit observations 10 7...
The increasing prevalence of smartphone apps to help people find different services raises the question whether physical activity (PA) locations would better prevent and control having overweight or obesity.
Given the community-centered nature of this pilot intervention, it was crucial to interact directly with com-
South Asians, inclusive of individuals originating in India, Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Nepal, comprise the largest diaspora world, with large Asian communities residing Caribbean, Africa, Europe, elsewhere. There is evidence that have disproportionately experienced COVID-19 infections mortality. WhatsApp, a free messaging app, widely used transnational communication within diaspora. Limited studies exist on COVID-19-related misinformation specific to community...
Introduction: Chronic psychosocial stress (cPSS) is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, caused in part by dysregulation of the neural-hematopoietic-inflammatory axis and epigenetic changes. cPSS may also affect NF-kB dependent pathways, suggesting a potential link to accelerated CVD risk health inequities for populations most impacted adverse social determinants. Hypothesis: We propose associates greater amygdala activity (AmygA), marker, splenic (SpleenA), hematopoietic...
Background: Physical activity (PA) improves cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health (CKMH); however, few digital tools to increase PA are tailored for populations disproportionately impacted by adverse social determinants, such as African American (AA) women. Less is known about the effects of engagement with applications (apps) on among AA women from under-resourced communities. The objective was examine associations between app and over six months in Step It Up (SIU) intervention. Methods:...
<h3>Context</h3> With the goal of advancing health equity, US healthcare sector has expanded activities to identify and intervene in patients' experiences social adversity, sometimes referred as "social care". As care are scaled, there is mounting pressure assess quality these activities, compared quantity. Yet, no measure with been developed date. <h3>Objective</h3> In this project, we conducted foundational qualitative research understand key aspects that could be incorporated into a...
Background: Physical activity (PA) reduces cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk; those living in lower-resourced neighborhoods have higher CVD risk part due to limited PA access. Monocyte subsets (classical, intermediate, and non-classical) with their platelet aggregates (PlAgg) are key CVD, but less is known about relationships between monocytes. We investigated associations monocyte PlAgg African American (AA) women at for resource-limited Washington, DC areas. Methods: Participants were...
Background: Diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) disproportionally affect African American (AA) women. Prior studies suggest extracellular vesicles (EV) are involved in atherogenesis, but little is known about relationships between PA EVs AA Thus, we examined associations diabetes risk markers, EV, a community-based cohort of women at for CVD from resource-limited Washington, D.C. neighborhoods. Methods: Participants were enrolled pilot testing Step It Up, place-tailored mobile app...
Background: African American women (AA) are at disproportionally high risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) which is accelerated when residing in resource-limited neighborhoods. Extracellular vesicles (EV) emerging to be of importance CVD development progression, but little known about a potential impact neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation (NSD). In this study we examined associations between NSD, plasma EV, markers community-based cohort AA from neighborhoods Washington, DC....
Background: Loneliness is a public health crisis and recent reports suggest that people suffering from loneliness have increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. A potential link between CVD an atherogenic shift in the lipoprotein profile. We investigated associations lipoproteins African American (AA) women residing resource-limited neighborhoods of Washington, DC. Methods: Participants were enrolled Step It Up, technology-based, community-engaged PA intervention. Fasting blood samples...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> South Asians, inclusive of individuals originating in India, Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Nepal, comprise the largest diaspora world with large Asian communities residing Caribbean, Africa, Europe, elsewhere. There is evidence that have disproportionately experienced COVID-19 infections mortality. WhatsApp, a free messaging application, widely used transnational communication within diaspora. Limited studies exist on COVID-related...