Prof. Borrell is a social epidemiologist with a research interest in race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and neighborhood effects as social determinants of health.
She also investigates the impact of nationality, nativity status, and race on health outcomes among the Hispanic/Latino population. Prof. Borrell has expertise in research methods and analyses of large datasets, including survey, census, and spatially linked data. In addition, she has an extensive track record of mentoring master's and doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty members. Prof. Borrell is a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and the New York Academy of Medicine. Finally, Prof. Borrell is currently the Editor-in-Chief of "Preventive Medicine" and serves on the editorial boards of several other high-impact journals, such as the "American Journal of Public Health," "Annals of Epidemiology," "Health & Place," "PLoS One," "Preventive Medicine Reports," "Social Science and Medicine," and "Social Science and Medicine – Population Health."
Degrees
PhD in Epidemiological Science from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
DDS in Dental Surgery from Columbia University, New York, NY
MPH in Public Health from Columbia University, New York, NY
Research Interests
Social determinants of health; Health inequities; Racism and racial/ethnic discrimination; Hispanic/Latino health; Research methods