Nancy E. Adler
University of California, San Francisco
Nancy Elinor Adler was an American health psychologist. She was the Lisa and John Pritzker Professor of Medical Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and director of UCSF's Center for Health and Community Sciences. Adler was known for her research on health behaviors, health disparities, and social determinants of health.
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Nancy Elinor Adler was an American health psychologist. She was the Lisa and John Pritzker Professor of Medical Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and director of UCSF's Center for Health and Community Sciences. Adler was known for her research on health behaviors, health disparities, and social determinants of health.
Affiliation
University of California, San Francisco
Top Publications
- Relationship of subjective and objective social status with psychological and physiological functioning: Preliminary data in healthy, White women. (2000) - 4,544 citations
- Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress (2004) - 3,024 citations
- Socioeconomic status and health: The challenge of the gradient. (1994) - 2,574 citations
- Socioeconomic status and health: The challenge of the gradient. (1994) - 2,417 citations
- Socioeconomic Disparities In Health: Pathways And Policies (2002) - 2,130 citations
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- Full name
- Nancy E. Adler
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-6962-0724
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5091151828
Research interests
- Health disparities and outcomes, Public Health and Social Inequalities, Reproductive Health and Contraception, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
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- 4,544OpenAlex citations
- Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress ↗2004 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences3,024OpenAlex citations
- Socioeconomic status and health: The challenge of the gradient. ↗1994 · American Psychologist2,574OpenAlex citations
- Socioeconomic status and health: The challenge of the gradient. ↗1994 · American Psychologist2,417OpenAlex citations
- Socioeconomic Disparities In Health: Pathways And Policies ↗2002 · Health Affairs2,130OpenAlex citations
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- Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress ↗2004 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Socioeconomic status and health: The challenge of the gradient. ↗1994 · American Psychologist
- Socioeconomic status and health: The challenge of the gradient. ↗1994 · American Psychologist
- Socioeconomic Disparities In Health: Pathways And Policies ↗2002 · Health Affairs
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