Overview
Dr. Richman's research broadly focuses on understanding factors that contribute to health disparities for disadvantaged groups. Some research areas include the role of social status, gentrification, and social network characteristics on health behaviors and outcomes.Â
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Areas of expertise: Health Behavior and Health Measurement
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Areas of expertise: Health Behavior and Health Measurement
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences
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2022 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
RELATIONAL HEALTH: How Social Connection Impacts Our Physical and Mental Wellbeing
Chapter · January 1, 2023 We tend to credit the healthy for good habits and discipline, and assign blame to the sick. All too often we view our health as a product of individual inputs rather than through a lens of interconnected, relational health. The relational health perspectiv ... Full text CiteSocial Relationships, Wealth, and Cardiometabolic Risk: Evidence from a National Longitudinal Study of U.S. Older Adults.
Journal Article J Aging Health · October 2022 Objectives: To investigate multiple dimensions of social relationships related to biomarkers of cardiometabolic health and how their associations vary by wealth in older adults. Methods: Growth curve models were used to investigate the longitudinal associa ... Full text Link to item CiteMeta-analysis of interpersonal discrimination and health-related behaviors.
Journal Article Health Psychol · May 2022 OBJECTIVE: This article comprehensively examines the relationship between interpersonal discrimination (IPD) and health-related behavior (HB), expanding upon Pascoe and Richman's (2009) meta-analysis and research synthesis. METHOD: One hundred and twenty o ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
COMPASS
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Southern AIDS Coalition · 2018 - 2022The effect of stigma on social motivational orientation, self-disclosure, and relatonship featurs for people coping with mental illness; A moderated-mediation model
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues · 2015 - 2016Self-Generated Research Experiences to Support Biomedical/Behavioral Research Careers
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Virginia ·
1997
Ph.D.
University of Virginia ·
1994
M.A.
University of Maryland, College Park ·
1992
B.S.