Arline T Geronimus

Arline T. Geronimus is a Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, with affiliations in the Institute for Social Research and the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health. Her career spans over 30 years of groundbreaking work in public health.

• Education: ScD (Harvard School of Public Health, 1985), Postdoctoral Training (Harvard Medical School, 1987), AB (Princeton University, 1978)

Geronimus pioneered the "weathering" hypothesis, which explains how systemic oppression accelerates health deterioration in marginalized populations. Her research spans:

• Structural racism and health inequity
• Maternal and reproductive health disparities
• Urban health and neighborhood effects
• Social identity contingencies
• Policy impacts on population health
• Biological mediation of stress

Her publications focus on:

• Biopsychosocial mechanisms of health inequity
• Geographic variations in life expectancy
• Immigration policy health consequences
• Economic globalization's health impacts
• Maternal age trends in mortality
• Racialized environmental stressors

Awarded the 2021 James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship and inducted into the Institute of Medicine, she maintains active contact at arline@umich.edu in Ann Arbor, MI.