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Emma Adam
Field:
Focus Areas:
Adolescent Health and Psychology, Childhood Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Health Disparities, Mental Health, Poverty, Public Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Sleep, Stress
Contact:
Media Relations Contact:
Shanice Harris
School of Education and Social Policy
Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
About
Areas of Focus
- Human development
- Developmental psychobiology
- Stress hormones, sleep and health
- Adolescent behavioral, cognitive and emotional development
Work/Research
- How disparities in mental health, physical health, academic attainment and wellbeing of children, adolescents and adults are affected by stress biology and sleep
- The impact of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination on stress hormones, sleep and health
- Social influences on emotional stress, physiological stress and sleep quality in children, adolescents and parents
- The implications of variations in cortisol for mental and physical health outcomes
- Effects of stress on academic performance