BU Researcher Receives $4M NIH Grant to Study the Impact of Cumulative Racism on Brain Health

Through a five-year, $4 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, Karin Schon plans to examine how cardiorespiratory fitness and chronic psychosocial stress interact to affect the MTH system of the brain in Black emerging adults who are exposed to daily social stress, examined through the lens of racism-rated chronic stress.