Study Reveals Discrimination May Accelerate Biological Aging, Fueling Health Disparities

Discrimination may speed up the biological processes of aging, according to a new study led by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health. The research, published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity-Health, links interpersonal discrimination to changes at the molecular level, revealing a potential root cause of disparities in aging-related illness and death.

Adolfo Cuevas, assistant professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at NYU’s School of Global Public Health and senior author of the study...