Cleopatra Abdou
Expert in culture and ethnicity, pregnancy, child development and psychology
Assistant professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology
Expertise
- culture, race and ethnicity
- African Americans, Latinos and Arabs
- the danger of stereotypes
- minority health
- health disparities and socioeconomic status
- sexual health and reproduction
- pregnancy, preterm birth and birth weights
- early childhood
- life spans
- spirituality, resilience and positive psychology
- community-based research
Additional Information
- Recipient of research funding from National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Mental Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Michigan Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities
- Member of American Psychological Association, American Psychosomatic Society, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Gerontological Society of America and International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
