11-25, 11:30–12:15 (Australia/Melbourne), Ella Latham Auditorium, Royal Children's Hospital - 50 Flemington Rd
Racism and the Unjust Population-Level Distribution of Disease: Social and Psychobiological Mechanisms of Health Inequities
Dr David H. Chae is Associate Professor in the Department of Social, Behavioural, and Population Sciences and Associate Dean for Research at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is also Director of the Society, Health, and Racial Equity (SHARE) Lab. His research focuses on the social determinants of health inequities and embodiment of racism. As part of this work, he examines physiologic outcomes and biomarkers that signal dysregulation, including telomere length, a novel indicator of aging at the cell level. He examines the interplay between context, developmental period, behaviour, and biology, and links to disease susceptibility and progression.