Associate Professor
Department of Psychological Science
My research and teaching emphasize the critical importance of adopting interdisciplinary, multicultural, and positive psychological/strengths-based perspectives in the science and practice of clinical health psychology. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] More specifically, our lab studies socio-cultural risk and protective factors (e.g., body image, ethnic identity, marginalization stress, weight stigma) that may contribute to and/or mitigate disparities in cardiometabolic health among culturally-diverse women during college, pregnancy, and the postpartum. I also have a strong interest in the application of integrative mind-body approaches (including the practices of yoga, mindful and intuitive eating, and self-compassion) and Health at Every Size® principles towards optimizing a more holistic experience of health and well-being in ethnically-diverse groups.
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