FÉlice LÊ-scherban
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and BiostatisticsÂ
Drexel University
United States of America
Biography
"Dr. Lê-Scherban received a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Michigan and an MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research centers on health disparities with a focus on chronic disease disparities, life course determinants, and immigrant health. She has a focus on epidemiological methods, particularly as they relate to causal inference in social epidemiology. Her work has examined causal links between education and health; intergenerational socioeconomic influences on mental and physical health; neighborhood social contexts; and cardiovascular risk among immigrants. "
Research Interest
Community Based Participatory Research
Publications
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"Lê-Scherban F, Diez Roux AV, Li Y, Morgenstern H. Does academic achievement during childhood and adolescence benefit later health? Annals of Epidemiology 2014;24(5):344-355. "
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"Lê-Scherban F, Diez Roux AV, Li Y, Morgenstern H. Influence of grandparent schooling on adult health status, smoking, and body mass index. American Journal of Epidemiology; in press. "
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"Lê-Scherban F, Albrecht SS, Osypuk TL, Sánchez BN, Diez Roux AV. Neighborhood immigrant composition and body mass index among Hispanic and Chinese immigrants: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). American Journal of Public Health; in press. "
