Ronica Rooks, PhD, MA University of Colorado, Denver, USA

Ronica N. Rooks is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver. She completed postdoctoral fellowships in health disparities at the University of Michigan and geriatric epidemiology at the National Institute on Aging. She has a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland College Park. Her research interests focus on social determinants of health and biological risk factor explanations for racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and other chronic conditions among middle-aged and older adults. Her current projects include examining relationships between: race, community environment, gentrification, and CVD among older adults; and facilitating aging in community through “time-banking,” to build social capital and promote health among older adults across varied socioeconomic status communities.

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