Agus Surachman

Surachman is mainly interested in understanding the intersectionality between life course socioeconomic status (SES) and race as critical social factors that differentiate access to gain and accumulate resources that promote health and avoid diseases. In addition, his research examines the impact of social stratifications on psychological factors implicated in health disparities through the lens of the daily stress process or minor day-to-day challenges. One major pathway that links the daily stress process to disease is accelerated aging, an important biological marker for multiple chronic diseases for which there are known SES and racial disparities. He examines accelerated aging through multiple physiological pathways, including gene expression and epigenetic modification, inflammation, metabolic syndrome, and accelerated renal aging.