Aura Mishra
Bio
Aura Ankita Mishra, PhD is a developmental health researcher. She earned her PhD from Purdue University and was a Biosocial Postdoctoral trainee at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Her research foci include:
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Interpersonal adversities and stressors across the life-course (e.g., childhood abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence)
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Health and behavioral problems (e.g., mental health, chronic illness, substance use)
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Social-context and resilience (e.g., peer and social support)
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Biological, psychological, and behavioral mechanisms (e.g., genetics, epigenetics, inflammation, stress, sleep, substance use)
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Integrating survey and developmental methods
Education
PhD Human Development and Family Studies Cornell University 2020
Biosocial Postdoctoral Trainee Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2023
Area(s) of Expertise
Her research foci include:
- Interpersonal adversities and stressors across the life-course
- Health and behavioral problems
- Social-context and resilience
- Biological, psychological, and behavioral mechanisms
- Integrating survey and developmental methods
Publications
- Types and Combinations of Childhood Abuse and Genetic Risk Influencing Obesity Outcomes in Adulthood , SSRN Electronic Journal (2026)
- Intersectionality, social stress, and biological embedding: Toward intersectional psychoneuroendocrinology , Psychoneuroendocrinology (2025)
- Sexual Minority Identity and Physical Illnesses: Role of Life-Course Victimization and Gender Differences , American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2025)
- Understanding Narratives of Trauma on Social Media , PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH ACM WEB SCIENCE CONFERENCE, WEBSCI 2025 (2025)
- Child Care Providers’ Quality Improvement within QRIS , Child & Youth Care Forum (2024)
- Familial Loss of a Loved One and Biological Aging , JAMA Network Open (2024)
- Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors and Epigenetic Aging in US Young Adults , JAMA Network Open (2024)
- Special issue editorial: Intersectionality and biological embedding , Psychoneuroendocrinology (2024)
- The Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Correlates of Epigenetic Aging in a Nationally Representative U.S. Study of Younger Adults , bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)
- An Observational Study of Children’s Problem Solving during Play with Friends , Journal of Cognition and Development (2022)