The Study on Type-2 Diabetes and the Rural Experience regarding Stress and Self-management behaviors (STRESS) Project

Purpose: To show how psychobiological measures provide compelling data linking poverty, chronic stress, and discrimination to poor type-2 diabetes outcomes.

Partners: MU School of Medicine & MU School of Health Professions

Funder: National Institutes of Health/ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Project status: Active

Contact: Beth Eiken rhrc@umsystem.edu

PI: Idethia Shevon Harvey