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Exploring the Relationship of Skin Pigmentation to Cardiovascular Health

Exploring the Relationship of Skin Pigmentation to Cardiovascular Health

Update: 2021-09-19
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Penn State undergraduate student Samantha Muller interviews Postdoctoral Fellow in Physiology Tony Wolf about his research on variance in cardiovascular responses to thermal stressors. Tony is particularly interested in understanding the various factors underlying population disparities in cardiovascular function that lead to increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Among these factors are skin pigmentation and socioeconomic background.

HOST:
Samantha Muller, Penn State undergraduate student in Forensic Science, with a minor in Anthropology; member of the MicroARCH Lab 

GUEST:
Dr. S. Tony Wolf, Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State Physiology 

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Exploring the Relationship of Skin Pigmentation to Cardiovascular Health

Exploring the Relationship of Skin Pigmentation to Cardiovascular Health

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