Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research)

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Emily Panza, PhD (She/Her/Hers), is an Assistant Professor (Research) at the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a Research Scientist at The Miriam Hospital.

Dr. Panza's work aims to center marginalized communities in research on weight and cardiometabolic health. Her research investigates how social determinants of health, most notably discrimination, impact cardiovascular risk behaviors and well-being among sexual and gender minority communities and people living with HIV. She directs the Stigma, Health, and Equity (SHE) Lab at Brown.

Dr. Panza received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University in 2018. She completed her pre-doctoral internship and her postdoctoral research fellowship (Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine T32) at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Rhode Island.

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