The National Institutes of Health awarded just under $3.4 million to Anastasia Makhanova, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Arkansas.
University of ArkansasOct 10 2024 The National Institutes of Health awarded just under $3.4 million to Anastasia Makhanova, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Arkansas. Makhanova will study how stress, illness or worries about personal health may cause healthcare workers to show more bias toward patients from racial or ethnic minority groups.
In collaboration with five other universities and hospitals, including the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Makhanova will track how healthcare workers treat patients with abdominal pain, a complaint without a standardized treatment plan. Past research has found inequities in abdominal pain treatment. For example, Black and Latino patients receive less pain treatment than white patients even when they report the same level of abdominal discomfort.
Related Stories"When people are experiencing those inflammatory processes, they have less energy for thinking. So motivation and self-regulation both take a dive, and those are both necessary to engage in those planned, careful and attentive behavior," Makhanova said.
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