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Selected Work

I'm a PhD candidate in Sociology at Princeton University. My research examines how social inequality becomes biologically embedded, tracing the pathways by which early-life experiences, environmental stressors, and social disadvantage shape long-term health outcomes. Much of my work uses DNA methylation and epigenetic aging measures to investigate these processes in children and across the life course.

  • Lippert, AM, R Kim, R Wedow, J Kim, B Taddess, SV Subramanian. 2024. “Contributions of socioeconomic and polygenic risks to cardiometabolic health at mid-life," Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

  • Taddess, Beza, Tan Jolene, and Mojola A., Sanyu. 2025. “US Black Women’s Health Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Socioeconomic and Temporal Patterns”. American Journal of Public Health (2026 Q1)

  • Taddess, Beza. 2024. “How Early Do Socioeconomic Gradients in Biological Aging Emerge? Investigating the Role of Early Life Stressors Using DNAm in Children” R&R 2025.

    Taddess, Beza*, Zhang, Luyin*, and Trejo, Sam. 2025. “Documenting Within-Race Attractiveness Penalties Among Black Americans” (* denotes equal authorship)

    Tan, Jolene, Taddess, Beza and Mojola A., Sanyu. 2024."It’s About Time: Health Disparities Among US Women Through an Age, Period, and Cohort Lens, 1978–2018"

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Princeton PhD Candidate • Award-Winning Mentor • Published Scholar

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