Discipline(s):
Epidemiology

Area(s) of Expertise:
Psychiatric Epidemiology, Neuroimmunology, Endocrine Disorders, Aging

E-Mail:
briana.mezuk@gmail.com

Background:
Briana Mezuk will complete her Ph.D. in Mental Health from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in June 2007. She completed dual-degrees in Neuroscience, and History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2002. In 2004/5, she was the Project Coordinator for the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study 23-year follow-up, where she became interested in the social, physiological, and behavioral factors that impact mental health and disorders over the lifespan. Her dissertation research examines the physiologic mediators of co-occurring mental and physical health conditions, with a focus on depression and disorders of metabolism, including osteoporosis. She is particularly interested in understanding the factors that influence the consequences of psychopathology as they relate to physical health outcomes and how those relationships change over the life course. As a RWJ scholar, Briana aims to build on her work examining the mediators and moderators linking mental and physical health over the life course by adopting multilevel approaches – “neurons to neighborhoods” – to studying these relationships. She will also work on developing evidence-based intervention strategies to interrupt the physiologic processes that underlie co-occurring mental and physical health conditions.

Journal Articles:
Click here for a list of Briana Mezuk's available publications in PubMed.