Dr. Nao Hagiwara, PhD
Dr. Nao Hagiwara, PhD
VCU, Dept. of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology
External Collaborator, Communication Innovations in Health Care Laboratory
Phone: 804 828-6822
Email: nhagiwara@vcu.edu
Research Interests:
Stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, Health and healthcare disparities, racial disparities, Patient-provider communication
Bio:
Dr. Hagiwara is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and is a leading researcher in the field of healthcare providers’ bias (i.e., prejudice and stereotyping) and racial disparities in healthcare and health. With a training background in basic experimental social psychology, she grounds her applied disparities research in social psychology theories of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. To date, she has obtained multiple NIH grants on provider implicit bias and published over 45 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.
Education:
Undergraduate Education
Undergraduate Education
BA, Morehead State University University 2004
Graduate Education
Graduate Education
Ph.D., Michigan State University, MI 2006
MA, Michigan State University, MI 2006
Post Graduate Education
Post Graduate Education
Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University School of Medicine: Population Studies & Disparities Research Program, 2012
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
Green, T. L., Zapat0a, J., Brown, H. W., & Hagiwara, N. (2021). Rethinking bias to achieve maternal health equity: Changing organizations, not just individuals. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 137(5), 935-940.
Hagiwara, N., Green, T. L., Moreno, O., Smith, D., & Corona, R. (2021). Ethnic discrimination and weight outcomes among Latinx emerging adults: Examinations of an individual-level mediator and cultural moderators. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 27(2), 189-200.
Sutton, A. L., Hagiwara, N., Perera, R., & Sheppard, V. B. (2011). Assessing perceived discrimination as reported by Black and White women diagnosed with breast cancer. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 8, 589-595.
Hagiwara, N., Dovidio, J. F., Stone, J., & Penner, L. A. (2020). Applied racial/ethnic healthcare disparities research using implicit measures. Social Cognition, 38, 69-98.
Hagiwara, N., Kron, F. W., Scerbo, M. W., & Watson, G. S. (2020). A call for grounding implicit bias training in clinical and translational frameworks. The Lancet, 395(10234), 1457-1460.
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