Robert-Paul Juster, MSc, PhD Candidate, presents: Sex, Gender-Roles, and Sexual Orientation in Relation to Biopsychosocial Stress
Update: 2015-07-09
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Every cell is sexed, every person is gendered, and every organism is stressed. Whereas sex refers to a multi-dimensional construct that includes genes, anatomy, gonads, and hormones that collectively define us as male or female, gender refers to an array of socio-culturally constructed roles, orientations, and identities that further influence within-sex variations in stress and coping. This presentation will focus on a research program aimed at delineating how sex, gender-roles, and sexual orientation in turn relate to stress hormones, physiological dysregulations, and mental health.
Robert-Paul is nearing completion of his Doctorate in the Integrated Program in Neuroscience at McGill University and is affiliated with Centre for Studies on Human Stress directed by Dr. Sonia J. Lupien from University of Montreal. Robert Paul has published more than 30 articles on stress physiology using transdisciplinary methods that have helped significantly expand the existing knowledge base on biopsychosocial risk factors as well a identifying potential pathways towards resilience. Over the last decade, he has developed an expertise with allostatic load that quantifies the “wear and tear” of chronic stress. His forthcoming post-doctoral work with Dr. Teresa Seeman at the University of California in Los Angeles endeavors to further intersect the structural stigma and chronic stress of sexual minorities.
Robert-Paul is nearing completion of his Doctorate in the Integrated Program in Neuroscience at McGill University and is affiliated with Centre for Studies on Human Stress directed by Dr. Sonia J. Lupien from University of Montreal. Robert Paul has published more than 30 articles on stress physiology using transdisciplinary methods that have helped significantly expand the existing knowledge base on biopsychosocial risk factors as well a identifying potential pathways towards resilience. Over the last decade, he has developed an expertise with allostatic load that quantifies the “wear and tear” of chronic stress. His forthcoming post-doctoral work with Dr. Teresa Seeman at the University of California in Los Angeles endeavors to further intersect the structural stigma and chronic stress of sexual minorities.
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