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We are seeking teen and adult participants to help to move our work on adversity, racism, inequities, structures, and empowerment forward.
ARISE Health Lab investigates the role of Adversity, Racism, Inequities, Structures (and) Empowerment on health. We combine biomedical, social science, public health, clinical, and health services research approaches to interrogate our society’s most pressing issues.
ARISE Health Lab
ARISE Health Lab investigates the role of Adversity, Racism, Inequities, Structures (and) Empowerment on health. We combine biomedical, social science, public health, clinical, and health services research approaches to interrogate our society’s most pressing issues.
Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MSc
Dr. Nia Heard-Garris is a pediatrician and a physician-investigator at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She examines the influence of social adversities experienced in childhood and subsequent child and adolescent health.
Our Ongoing Studies
We seek to engage in research that uncovers the influence of adversity and structural influences, like racism on adolescent health. We seek to illuminate the public and social policies that disproportionately impact children and families of color to bring about societal change
Our Recent Publications
Adolescents’ Experiences, Emotions, and Coping Strategies Associated With Exposure to Media-Based Vicarious Racism
June 15, 2021
Heard-Garris N, Ekwueme PO, Gilpin S, Sacotte K, Perez-Cardona L, Wong M, Cohen A. Adolescents’ Experiences, Emotions, and Coping Strategies Associated With Exposure to Media-Based