Chronic Stress and Health

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The impact of childhood adversity, trauma, and racism on health via epigenetic changes. The lack of a genetic basis for race in humans to explain health inequalities. The impact of historical, current, and medical racism on health today. How adversity and stress is codified in biological systems including increased inflammation; changes in gene expression; alterations in immune function; placental functioning; telomere shortening, physiological 'weathering'; and possible changes in life history. Research on how to build physiological and epigenetic resiliency.