Consistent evidence documents powerful effects of social inequality on health, well-being
and academic achievement. Yet research on whether social inequality may also be linked to …

While public health practitioners and scholars have long theorized that structural forms of
stigma shape the health of disadvantaged groups, they have frequently bemoaned the lack …

Brain clocks, which quantify discrepancies between brain age and chronological age, hold
promise for understanding brain health and disease. However, the impact of diversity …

How do socioeconomic disparities shape brain health and disease? Ibáñez et al. discuss
the need for further research into how wealth and socioeconomic status affect biological …

Structural inequality, the uneven distribution of resources and opportunities, influences
health outcomes. However, the biological embedding of structural inequality in aging and …

Measures of physical growth, such as weight and height have long been the predominant
outcomes for monitoring child health and evaluating interventional outcomes in public health …

Gender inequality substantially impacts society, disproportionately disadvantaging women,
especially in the global south. This inequality correlates with brain health outcomes for …

The environment influences brain and mental health, both detrimentally and beneficially.
Existing research has emphasised the individual psychosocial 'microenvironment'. Less …

Research on neurodegenerative diseases has predominantly focused on high-income
countries in the Global North. This Series paper describes the state of biomarker evidence …

Sex differences, driven in part by steroid hormones, shape the structure and function of the
brain throughout the lifespan and manifest across brain health and disease. The influence of …