Dr. Arline T. Geronimus, author of WEATHERING: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society, is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, and is currently a Professor of Public Health at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Geronimus received her undergraduate degree in Political Theory from Princeton University, her doctorate in Behavioral Sciences from the Harvard School of Public Health, and her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School. Winner of many awards throughout her career, most recently she was the 2022 recipient of the James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award For Diversity Scholarship from the National Center for Institutional Diversity.
In Weathering, based on more than 30 years of research, Dr. Geronimus argues that health and aging have more to do with how society treats us than how well we take care of ourselves. Until now, there has been little discussion about the insidious effects of social injustice on the body. Weathering shifts the paradigm, shining a light on the topic and offering a roadmap for hope.
*2023 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough Winner of The Year in Social Sciences & Humanities*
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Dr. Arline T. Geronimus 