Jolaade Kalinowski, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Sciences

(she/her)

Jolaade Kalinowski is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Kalinowski is a behavioral cardiovascular researcher. Her research pertains to the role of chronic stress in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction in Black women. She is particularly interested in the unique role that stress plays in elderly Black women’s cardiovascular health, and how stressors may contribute to health disparities. She is interested in: (1) advance understanding of the complex interactions between psychosocial, behavioral and community-level factors contributing to CVD disparities in Black women; and (2) developing, testing and implementing innovative, scalable interventions to mitigate the adverse health effects of stress in Black women.