People with lower socioeconomic status (SES)

Read about the varied research topics presented by 11 NIMHD fellows at NIH’s 2024 Postbac Poster Day, including a spotlight on three projects.

March 29, 2024: Findings show that high discrimination exposure may play a big role in disrupting the brain-gut-microbiome system and trigger people toward unhealthy eating behaviors.

Feb. 29, 2024: Study examines how the overall level of socioeconomic disadvantage in the community that one lives affects access to treatment and services for heart conditions as well as outcome disparities.

Swati Shah, principal investigator in minority health and health disparities research, discusses her NIMHD-funded work and using technology to make obstetrical health care more accessible, as part of NIMHD's celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

March 24, 2023: Stress of neighborhood poverty linked to early aging but new research suggests that close relationship attachments may be a buffer. The NIMHD-funded study adds to growing evidence that relationships and attachment play an important role in physical health.

A recent NIMHD study evaluates the effects of access to prenatal care on health outcomes for Latina patients with gestational diabetes.

ACA Medicaid expansion led to improved access to health care and decreases in health disparities, including reducing the number of uninsured patients and the rate at which young Black trauma patients die in the hospital following their injuries.