You versus not you - The triangulation between stress, the immune response, and health disparities
Peers'n’Pubs is back! And we're delighted to hear from Dr. Aisha Souquette join us for taste of science's 10th birthday. She'll be discussing her paper of choice with her mom Lannette Woodrow.
They will discuss: “Pleiotropic consequences of metabolic stress for the major histocompatibility complex class II molecule antigen processing and presentation machinery”
or as she puts it “You versus not you - The triangulation between stress, the immune response, and health disparities".
Dr. Aisha Souquette
I am a Research Associate Professor and immunologist at the University of Maryland. My research focuses on how the immune system responsds to infection, what influences variation in immune responses across individuals and populations, and mechanisms of immune mediated diseases. I am also a huge Star Trek fan, love sunflower seeds, and enjoy arts and crafts.
Lannette Woodrow
I'm a Client Experience Manager and a budding astronomer, that is passionate about helping others in a kind and responsible way. I believe in people, and family is most important to me.
Resources from this episode
What are Health Disparities and Health Equity? We Need to Be Clear
https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549141291S203
Mapping Life Expectancy
https://societyhealth.vcu.edu/work/the-projects/mapping-life-expectancy.html#gsc.tab=0
Associations between historical residential redlining and current age-adjusted rates of emergency department visits due to asthma across eight cities in California: an ecological study
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(19)30241-4
Improving the Representation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Clinical Trials and Research
Exploring the Legacy of Redlining in Houston
https://www.understandinghouston.org/blog/legacy-of-redlining-in-houston
Not Even Past: Social Vulnerability and the Legacy of Redlining
https://dsl.richmond.edu/socialvulnerability/
Diversity in Genomic Research - Fact Sheet
https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Diversity-in-Genomic-Research
Diversity and inclusion in genome-wide association studies