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Sandro Galea

Researcher at Boston University

Publications -  1221
Citations -  70071

Sandro Galea is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 115, co-authored 1129 publications receiving 58396 citations. Previous affiliations of Sandro Galea include University of California, Berkeley & Dartmouth College.

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Low assets and financial stressors associated with higher depression during COVID-19 in a nationally representative sample of US adults.

TL;DR: Populations with low assets are bearing a greater burden of mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the more assets a person had, the lower the level of probable depression.
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Long-term psychological outcomes in older adults after disaster: relationships to religiosity and social support

TL;DR: People who experienced recent and severe trauma related to natural and technological disasters are at risk for adverse psychological outcomes in the years after these events, and individuals with low income, low social support, and high levels of non-organizational religiosity are also at greater risk.
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The legacy of redlining in the effect of foreclosures on Detroit residents' self-rated health

TL;DR: Findings support earlier theory suggesting a historical influence of structural discrimination on the association between current neighborhood characteristics and health, and suggests that historical redlining specifically may increase vulnerability to contemporary neighborhood foreclosures.
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The urban environment and mental disorders: Epigenetic links.

TL;DR: It is proposed that changes in DNA methylation may be one potential mechanism through which features of the urban environment contribute to psychopathology, and evidence that epigenetic changes are reversible offers new opportunities for ameliorating the impact of adverse urban environments on human health.