Julie Ober Allen

Julie Ober Allen, PhD, MPH investigates mechanisms generating chronic disease burden and disparities within the older U.S. adult population. Her work focuses on how exposure to chronic stressors rooted in social inequities (e.g., ageism, discrimination, race and gender expectations, adverse life events) affect behavior, biology, psychosocial factors, and subsequent health in later life. She emphasizes the health implications of ageism, Black-White health disparities, and health outcomes such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancers, and multimorbidity. The underlying motivation for her research is to inform innovative community, societal, and policy level change to promote health and reduce health disparities among older U.S. adults.