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Police interactions can increase epigenetic age in youth of color
JAMA Pediatrics | MPC Member: Juan Del Toro
- Epigenetic age acceleration for Black youth is partly attributable to negative police encounters, such as racial slurs and stop-and-frisks.
- Black youth experienced more types of police intrusion than white youths.
- Negative police encounters occurred as early as 8 years old and, on average, 13 years old.
- White youth experienced the lowest rates of accelerated epigenetic aging.
Research Barnraising
HOME: Health, Opportunity, Mobility and Equity in Housing
February 24 - 25, 2025 | Andersen Library
Our Research Barnraising is a 1.5 day symposium, where we aim to explore and start to build innovative research and collaborations centered around the theme of housing.
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Avelina Rivero
Dra. Avelina Rivero is a mixed-methods researcher and community-engaged scholar. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota and an Extension Specialist at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on identifying the sociocultural factors that contribute to Latina young women’s development.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the Minnesota Population Center (P2C HD041023) funded through a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
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