Our latest paper from the HEAT Heart Health study is out in the American Journal of Human Biology. This paper, led by Peter Rej, shows that racial discrimination is associated with shortened telomeres in a community-based sample of African American adults in Tallahassee, FL. Discrimination attributed to other causes did not show this association.
Update: For more on the what the paper means and how it fits into the larger HEAT Heart Health study, listen to this podcast interview with Connie Mulligan and me.
We are grateful that the article was selected as the Editor’s Choice for the current issue. That means it will be freely accessible without a subscription for the next three months. It also landed us a spot on the cover of the journal. The photo was taken during a meeting of our Steering Committee, as we were planning the survey on which the new article is based.
