Graduate Student Publishes Evidence of a Longitudinal Association between Discrimination and Urinary Stress Hormones

Lydia Homandberg, graduate student in the College of Human Sciences, published an article in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine which is the first to show that young adults who experience more discrimination have greater increases in stress hormones present in urine.  The hormones, known as catecholamines, are risk factors for chronic disease.  

To read the full article, visit https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa033 

Lydia Homandberg is a graduate student under Dr. Thomas Fuller-Rowell and after receiving her Masters in Human Development and Family Studies this summer (2020), will begin working on her Ph.D. in Sociology at Cornell University. Congratulations, Lydia!