Dr. John Ruiz PhD  Associate Professor-Clinical, Director-Social Risk and Resilience Factors (SuRRF) Lab, Director-Health Psychology Track, Chair-Diversity Committee will present this 1 hour DEI Credit Spark Lecture.  Dr. Ruiz cover the following learning objectives:

1. Understand the psychosocial influences on health
2. Learn the current understanding of the biological/behavioral pathways linking stress and heart disease
3. Understand the psychological aspects of resilience in Latino health and health disparities, including the Hispanic mortality paradox