UMCUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · Mathematics & Statistics
Forrester Health Lab
Sarah N Forrester · Worcester, Massachusetts
Research Focus
Dr. Sarah Forrester's research focuses on how residential segregation affects health, specifically how it influences the aging process and contributes to chronic diseases among Black Americans. Her lab investigates the connections between the neighborhoods where people live and their physiological health across different life stages. By studying these relationships, the lab aims to provide insights that can help improve health equity and inform public policies.
residential segregationaging processhealth disparitieschronic diseaseneighborhood effectsBlack Americanssocioeconomic factorsracial inequitylongitudinal studies
Research Aims
3AIM 01Measure the association between residential segregation and age acceleration in Black participants.
AIM 02Identify neighborhood-level mediators of the relationship between segregation and age acceleration.
AIM 03Examine how the timing and duration of segregation exposure affects physiological aging.
Skills the Lab Values
statistical modelingmixed effects growth modelsstructural equation modelingpath analysisdata analysispublic health researchsurvey designlongitudinal data collection
Output against the department
Publications73bottom 8% of dept.121st of 131
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Citations1.3kbottom 11% of dept.117th of 131
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