In a closing keynote seminar for Biology 4500, Dr. Adolfo Cuevas, Associate Professor at the New York University School of Global Public Health, will discuss his work in investigating the effects of social adversity on immunological aging.
Dr. Cuevas is a leading scholar working at the intersection of psychology, epidemiology, and public health, with a focus on how discrimination and chronic psychosocial stress become biologically embedded and influence immune function, inflammation, and health and aging trajectories. His research leverages large population-based cohorts and advanced analytical approaches to uncover the mechanisms linking social experiences to disease risk across the lifespan. His work has been published in leading journals, including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, and Psychosomatic Medicine, and has contributed significantly to our understanding of how structural and interpersonal discrimination shape health outcomes. He is currently spearheading three NIH-funded project aimed at examining the impact of both neighborhood and interpersonal discrimination on biological dysregulation throughout the life course. For his contributions to research on discrimination and health, Dr. Cuevas was named one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health in 2018 and received the Herbert Weiner Early Career Award by the Society of Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine in 2025.
Read more: https://publichealth.nyu.edu/faculty/adolfo-cuevas
Title: Discrimination and Immunological Aging: Evidence and Opportunities
Speaker: Dr. Adolfo Cuevas
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 10:30–11:45 a.m.
Location: W561 / via Zoom
Zoom link: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/98074685639
Contact:
Caroline Zentner | caroline.zentner@uleth.ca
