Director Bio

Director:

Research Interests:

• Socioeconomic and Racial Health Disparities
• Social Determinants of Health
• Stress Physiology and Biomarkers of Physiologic Dysregulation
• Policy Influences on Health Inequality
• Intergenerational Social Mobility

Brief Academic Biography:

Dr. Thomas Fuller-Rowell is an Associate Professor in the College of Human Sciences at Auburn University. He received his B.A. in biochemistry and psychology from the University of Colorado in 2003 with summa cum laude honors, and his PhD in developmental psychology from the Department of Human Development at Cornell University in 2010. He also completed posdoctoral training as a Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2011-2013) and as a research fellow in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan (2010-2011) before starting his current position at Auburn University.

His research focuses on the impact of social stress, socioeconomic adversity, and broader contextual influences--such as neighborhood environments and social policy--on health and health disparities across the lifespan. His work has been published in leading journals across the disciplines of psychology, epidemiology, and medicine, including Health Psychology, American Journal of Epidemiology, and Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. Fuller-Rowell has also worked for a civil rights organization in Buffalo, NY to address housing discrimination (2003-2004), and has implemented multi-site action research projects in New York City (2004-2006).