Mark is a fourth year PhD candidate in Health and Human Physiology. Mark completed his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry & Kinesiology at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. Mark’s primary research interests include the study of psychosocial and sociocultural factors contributing to health outcomes, particularly as it relates to health disparities among underrepresented populations. Mark is currently leading a project examining the role of daily stress processes in ethnicity-related differences in vascular function and metabolism. Mark is currently supported by the Lulu Merle Johnson Recruitment Fellowship from the UI Graduate College and was recently named an American Heart Association Scholar in the National Hispanic Latino Cardiovascular Collaborative (NHLLC) for the 2025-2026 program year.