Flavia Andrade, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
• College of Applied Health Sciences
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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• Degree
• Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2006
• Area of Professional Interest
• Dr. Andrade's professional interests include demography, population health, aging and the life course, research methods and statistics, socioeconomic disparities in health, and sociology of family.
• Research Interests
• Dr. Andrade's research focuses on demography and population health. Dr. Andrade’s current research examines the interactions among aging, disability, obesity, and diabetes mellitus. She is also interested how socioeconomic inequalities over the life course influence later life outcomes, in particular, health outcomes. Her interest in aging and the life course also extends to the analysis of living arrangements of elderly individuals.
• Awards, Academic and Professional Honors
• Postdoctoral Fellowship,Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, 2006–2007
• BSS Student Research Pre-Dissertation Award, Gerontological Society of America, 2006
• Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health/Fogarty, 2002–2004
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• Publications
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• Professional Associations and Certifications
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