Edith Chen

Professor, Psychology
Professor, Medical Social Sciences
John D & Catherine T MacArthur Professor, Psychology
Psychology PhD Program
Professor, IPR - Institute for Policy Research

Phone847/467-0366
Emailedith.chen@northwestern.edu

Source: Scopus

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Research Interests

Focuses on understanding the psychosocial and psychobiological pathways that explain relationships between low socioeconomic status and physical health outcomes in childhood.

Education/Academic qualification

Clinical Psychology, PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

… → 1998

Clinical Psychology, MA, University of California at Los Angeles

… → 1994

History of Science, BA, Harvard University

… → 1993

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8 Active
11 Finished

Neuroscience, Immunology, Social Adversity and the Roots of Addictive Behaviors: Toward a New Framework for Drug Use Etiology and Prevention
Chen, E., McDade, T., Miller, G., Nusslock, R. & Parrish, T. B.
University of Georgia, National Institute on Drug Abuse
9/1/20 → 7/31/25
Project: Research project
Developmental, Contextual, and Psychosocial Predictors of Weathering and Health among Rural African Americans in their Fourth Decade of Life
Chen, E. & Miller, G.
University of Georgia, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
7/22/19 → 6/30/24
Project: Research project
An Interpersonal Relationships Intervention for Improving Cardiovascular Health in Youth
Chen, E., Miller, G. & Mroczek, D. K.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
9/1/18 → 5/31/23
Project: Research project
Diversity Supplement for An Interpersonal Relationships Intervention for Improving Cardiovascular Health in Youth
Chen, E.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
9/1/18 → 5/31/23
Project: Research project
Understanding Diverging Profiles of Academic and Physical Health Outcomes in African American Youth
Chen, E., Hedges, L. V. & Miller, G.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
7/24/18 → 5/31/23
Project: Research project

13798 Citations
180 Article
15 Review article
11 Chapter
3 Comment/debate
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A family-centered prevention ameliorates the associations of low self-control during childhood with employment income and poverty status in young African American adults
Brody, G. H., Yu, T., Miller, G. E. & Chen, E., Apr 1 2020, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 61, 4, p. 425-435 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations
Community violence and cellular and cytokine indicators of inflammation in adolescents
Finegood, E. D., Chen, E., Kish, J., Vause, K., Leigh, A. K. K., Hoffer, L. & Miller, G. E., May 2020, In: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 115, 104628.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evidence for skin-deep resilience using a co-twin control design: Effects on low-grade inflammation in a longitudinal study of youth
Chen, E., Yu, T., Siliezar, R., Drage, J. N., Dezil, J., Miller, G. E. & Brody, G. H., Aug 2020, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 88, p. 661-667 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations
Persistence of Skin-Deep Resilience in African American Adults
Brody, G. H., Yu, T., Chen, E. & Miller, G. E., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Health Psychology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Youth Who Achieve Upward Socioeconomic Mobility Display Lower Psychological Distress But Higher Metabolic Syndrome Rates as Adults: Prospective Evidence From Add Health and MIDUS
Miller, G. E., Chen, E., Yu, T. & Brody, G. H., May 5 2020, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 9, 9, p. e015698
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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1 Scopus citations