PRCHN Research Seminar Series—“Hair Cortisol in Black Expectant Mothers: Only their Hairdressers Know for Sure”

The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods will host Angela Neal-Barnett, professor and director of the Program for Research on Anxiety Disorders among African Americans at Kent State University, for its next Research Seminar Series event.

Neal-Barnett will present “Hair Cortisol in Black Expectant Mothers: Only their Hairdressers Know for Sure” Wednesday, Oct. 30, from noon to 1:15 in the BioEnterprise Building PRCHN Meeting Room (B03).

For pregnant black women, the weathering created by chronic stressors creates uterine constriction and increased blood pressure, conditions associated with increased risk for various poor birth outcomes, such as low birth weight, preterm delivery, stillbirth, and neonatal and post-neonatal death. Neal-Barnett will discuss her research on chronic stress and its effects on pregnant and postpartum black women.

Learn more about the PRCHN Research Seminar Series.