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Camelia E. Hostinar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. She is affiliated with the Center for Mind and Brain and the Center for Poverty and Inequality Research. Her research focuses on how social environments influence health through stress-response systems, particularly linking early-life stress to long-term disease trajectories and protective processes.
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Institute of Child Development (2013)
- M.A., Child Psychology, University of Minnesota (2010)
- B.S., Psychology, Towson University (2008)
Dr. Hostinar's research spans childhood poverty, early-life adversity, and their impacts on physical and mental health. She integrates endocrine, immune, genetic, and behavioral measures to study stress buffering mechanisms and self-regulatory skill development. Her recent work also addresses environmental health risks like air pollution and pandemic-related stress.
Recent publications show interdisciplinary trends combining developmental science, neuroimmunology, public health, and machine learning. Key topics include social buffering of stress, neuroinflammation, childhood adversity biomarkers, policy-relevant environmental research, and pandemic-induced developmental disruptions.
- 2024 Lab Safety Award, UC Davis
- 2022-2025 Dean’s Faculty Fellow
- 2023 Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
- 2022 Boyd McCandless Award
- 2019 SRCD Early Career Contributions
- 2015 APS Rising Star Award
- 2014 NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship
As director of the Social Environment and Stress (SES) Lab, she mentors graduate students in studying social-environmental influences on health. Her teaching includes developmental psychology, health psychology, and research methods courses.
