Ana Victoria Diez-Roux is the former dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health and Distinguished University Professor of

epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent dise ...

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. Her research focuses on the

social determinants of health The social determinants of health (SDOH) are the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status. They are the health promoting factors found in one's living and working conditions (such as the dist ...

, and the impacts of neighborhoods on health.

Education

Diez-Roux earned an MD degree from the

University of Buenos Aires The University of Buenos Aires (, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the second-oldest university in the country, and the largest university of the country by enrollment. Established in 1821 ...

in 1985. She worked as a

pediatrician Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many of their youth ...

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prior to coming to the United States to study at

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

School of Hygiene and Public Health, where she earned a

Masters in Public Health The Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), Master of Medical Science in Public Health (MMSPH) and the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL) are interdisciplinary profes ...

in 1991 and a PhD in 1995.

Career

Prior to beginning her term as dean at the Dornsife School of Public Health in 2014, Diez-Roux chaired the department of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and directed the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health. Previously, she was faculty at

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

. Diez-Roux was elected to the

National Institute of Medicine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), known as the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Medicine is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineerin ...

in 2009 and is an elected member of the American Epidemiological Society, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the National Academy of Medicine. She is a member of the

Society for Epidemiologic Research The Society for Epidemiologic Research (abbreviated SER) is a learned society dedicated to epidemiology. It was originally proposed in 1967 by Abraham Lilienfeld, Milton Terris, and Brian MacMahon, and was founded the following year. Their motiva ...

and in 2021 was awarded their Kenneth Rothman Career Accomplishment Award. She has been a member of the MacArthur Network on Socioeconomic Factors and Health and co-director of the Network on Inequality, Complexity and Health. Since 2017 she has led the Wellcome Trust-funded network on “Making Cities Healthier, More Equitable and Environmentally Sustainable: Lessons from Latin America.” Diez Roux convened the Network for Urban Health in Latin America and the Caribbean which focuses on promoting research, training, and policies to promote urban health throughout the region.

References

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