Ana F. Abraído-Lanza, PhD

Ana F. Abraído-Lanza, PhD, is vice dean and professor of social work at Columbia University’s School of Social Work. Her research focuses on cultural, psychological, social, and structural factors that affect health, psychological well-being, and mortality among Latinos; health disparities between Latinos and non-Latino whites; and the health of immigrant Latinos. Her research on the Latino mortality epidemiologic paradox has contributed to national and international debates on the mental and physical health of Latinos. Prior to joining Columbia, she was vice dean and professor of social and behavioral sciences at New York University’s School of Global Public Health, and professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. Her honors and awards include the Dalmas A. Taylor Distinguished Contributions Award from APA’s Minority Fellowship Program, the Student Assembly Public Health Mentoring Award from the American Public Health Association, the Teaching Excellence Award from the Mailman School, and she was a Columbia University provost leadership fellow. She served on the Community Task Force on Preventive Services of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and on the Editorial Boards of Health Education and Behavior, the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, and Preventing Chronic Disease.