Jolaade Kalinowski

Assistant Professor


Educational Background:

  • Ed.D., Health Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • M.A., Health Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • B.A. Communication, Legal Institution, Economics and Government, American University

Professional Interests:

  • Role of stress in cardiovascular health disparities
  • Role of ethnic identity on health
  • Women’s health
  • Social determinants of health

Selected Publications

  1. Kalinowski, J., Wurtz, H., Baird, M., & Willen, S. Shouldering the load yet again: Black women’s experiences of stress during COVID-19. (in press). SSM-Mental Health.
  2. Kalinowski J, Huang Y, Rivas MA, Barcelona V, Wright ML, Crusto C, Spruill T, Sun YV, Taylor JY. Stress Overload and DNA Methylation in African American Women in the Intergenerational Impact of Genetic and Psychological Factors on Blood Pressure Study. Epigenet Insights. 2022 Oct 10;15:25168657221126314. doi: 10.1177/25168657221126314. PMID: 36246163; PMCID: PMC9554129.
  3. Kalinowski, J., Talbert, R. D., Woods, B., Langford, A., Cole, H., Barcelona, V., Crusto, C & Taylor, J. Y. (2022). Police discrimination and depressive symptoms in African American women: The Intergenerational impact of genetic and psychological factors on blood pressure study. Health Equity6(1), 527-532. doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0167
  4. Kalinowski J, Taylor JY, Spruill TM. Why Are Young Black Women at High Risk for Cardiovascular Disease? Circulation. 2019 Feb 19;139(8):1003-1004. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.037689. PMID: 30779648; PMCID: PMC6383791.

Dr. Kalinowski is accepting graduate students.

Jolaade Kalinowski
Contact Information
Emailjolaade.kalinowski@uconn.edu