USA: New York City, Study on Cardiovascular Health & Intersectional Daily Stressors

Project Title: Cardiovascular Health and Intersectional Daily Stressors

Project Description: The Cardiovascular Health and Intersectional Daily Stressors Study, which was recently funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, is a 1-week diary study that seeks to estimate the influence of daily discrimination on home blood pressure in a diverse sample of adults. We are examining psychosocial, behavioral, and physiological mechanisms that might link anticipated and vicarious discrimination with elevations in home blood pressure. A student working on this study can work on a variety of tasks including administering the study structured questionnaire, assisting with recruitment and participant tracking, completing participant visits, collecting biological data, cleaning and analyzing data, and presenting at professional meetings (such as the American Heart Association, Society of Behavioral Medicine, and American Psychosomatic Society). Data sources include structured interviews, actigraphy (to objectively assess sleep and physical activity), salivary stress biomarkers, daily diary, and home blood pressure data. Although this study will not begin data collection until January 2024, our team has additional data from other pilot diary studies that have examined the influence of discrimination on cardiovascular disease risk. These data have already been processed and are available for a student to analyze.  

Student Participation: Hybrid

Number of students: 1