The STAR lab is currently co-leading a new collaborative project with Dr. Jae Puckett (MSU) (PIs: DuBois & Puckett), Trans Resilience and Health in Sociopolitical Contexts. This study is a 1-year longitudinal, multi-sited study that will enhance our understanding of resilience and health of trans people within their current sociopolitical climates. Baseline interviews and biomarker measures of health were completed with 158 transgender people living in Oregon, Michigan, Nebraska and Tennessee in fall 2019 and winter of 2020 followed by 1 year of online surveys through March of 2021. Another round of interviews and health measures was completed in spring and summer of 2021. We are currently working on data analysis – check out our new publications!
Dr. DuBois also conducted The Transition and Gender Minority Stress Experience Study, which was the first to include in-person interviews with biomarker collection among trans people; he conducted interviews with 65 transgender men living in New England and collected a number of biomarkers of stress (e.g. salivary cortisol, ambulatory blood-pressure, and inflammation levels) to enhance our understanding of embodied minority stress during gender transition.
The STAR lab also trains interested undergraduate and graduate students in community-engaged research methods and integrating minimally invasive biomarker sampling methods for studying embodied stress and stigma (pictured below).
UO Biomarker Cluster 