Ana Abraido-Lanza

Ana Abraído-Lanza is an American behavioral psychologist who is a professor at the New York University. Her research considers the cultural and structural factors that impact mental and physical health amongst Latino communities. She serves as Vice Dean of the School of Public Health.

Ana Abraído-Lanza
Alma materNew York University
City University of New York
Scientific career
InstitutionsNew York University
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
ThesisSocial role identity, social support, competence and psychological well-being among Hispanic women with arthritis (1994)

Early life and education

Abraído-Lanza was an undergraduate student in psychology at New York University. She moved to the Graduate Center of the City University of New York for graduate studies, where she earned a master's degree and doctorate. Her doctoral research considered the social role identity, support and psychological wellbeing amongst Hispanic women.[1] After graduating, Abraído-Lanza joined the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, where she worked as a postdoctoral scholar in Medical Epidemiology.

Research and career

Abraído-Lanza was appointed Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and oversaw the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), which looked to increase the number of people from historically underrepresented groups studying medicine. The program launched a doctoral training scheme in 2008.[2] At Columbia, she was selected as a Provost Leadership Fellow.[3]

Abraído-Lanza joined the New York University School of Public Health in 2018.[4] Her research considers the cultural and structural factors that impact mental and physical health amongst Latino communities, including the Latino mortality paradox[3] - despite their socioeconomic status, Latino people have lower mortality rates than non-Latino white people.[2] Unlike the majority of public health frameworks, Abraído-Lanza considers the positive aspects of culture that give rise to these lower mortality rates.[2] She has shown that structural racism, in particular conditional citizenship and subjective sense of belonging, impacts the health and wellbeing of immigrants.[5]

Awards and honors

  • 2008 Dalmas A. Taylor Distinguished Contributions Award[6]
  • 2013 Provost Leadership Fellow[7]

Selected publications

References

  1. Lanza, Ana F. Abraido (1994). Social role identity, social support, competence and psychological well-being among Hispanic women with arthritis (Thesis). OCLC 401722453.
  2. "Dr. Ana Abraido-Lanza | Columbia Public Health". www.publichealth.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  3. "Ana Abraido-Lanza | NYU School of Global Public Health". publichealth.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  4. "New Faculty: Dr. Ana F. Abraído-Lanza | NYU School of Global Public Health". publichealth.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  5. Misra, Supriya; Kwon, Simona C.; Abraído-Lanza, Ana F.; Chebli, Perla; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Yi, Stella S. (2021-06-01). "Structural Racism and Immigrant Health in the United States". Health Education & Behavior. 48 (3): 332–341. doi:10.1177/10901981211010676. ISSN 1090-1981. PMC 8935952. PMID 34080482.
  6. "Minority Fellowship Program Achievement Awards". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  7. "Provost Leadership Fellows 2013 | Office of the Provost". provost.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
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