- Royce Fellowship
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Katherine documented the extent to which healthcare services and information regarding health risks are available to South Africans suffering from asbestos-related lung disease. Her research evaluated and facilitated progress made by the Health Remediation and Compensation Commission formed at the 1998 National Asbestos Summit.
Katherine is an Assistant Professor, Biology Department and Public Health Program at Santa Clara University. She received her M.P.H. (2006) and Ph.D. (2010) from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research focuses on the ways in which social experiences affect biology and health, including inflammatory and metabolic processes, the endocrine responses to stress and gestational outcomes, all of which influence and predict a wide range of diseases.