Connor D. Martz, PhD

Assistant Professor · Department of Population Health Sciences
University of Central Florida College of Medicine

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I am a social epidemiologist studying how social environments and structural inequities become biologically embedded to shape health and aging across the life course. My research integrates sociological theory with epigenetic and physiological data to investigate the biosocial pathways linking social and structural factors — including neighborhood conditions, school contexts, and chronic psychosocial stress — with biological aging and chronic disease risk. A central goal of this work is to generate evidence that informs structural and policy-level interventions aimed at reducing health disparities.

Before joining UCF, I completed postdoctoral training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Texas at Austin, and earned my PhD in Human Development and Family Science from Auburn University.