Vanessa L. Malcarne is a Professor at San Diego State University, where she leads research at the intersection of health psychology, rheumatology, and public health. Her work focuses on systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), examining physical function, social role satisfaction, and Raynaud’s phenomenon severity through multinational cohort studies, including the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network. She also investigates benefit finding in craniofacial conditions, oral hygiene behaviors among Mexican-origin adults, and therapeutic writing interventions for adolescents and young adults with cancer. Her collaborations span institutions across the US, Canada, the Netherlands, France, the UK, and Australia.
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