Contact Information
1010 W. Nevada
Urbana, IL 61801
Biography
Flavia Andrade is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work atthe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also holds appointments in the departments of Sociology andKinesiology and Community Health. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Societyof America.
Research Interests
Demography, Sociology, Public Health
Research Description
Dr. Andrade is exploring how transitions at the population level, such as demographic, socioeconomic, nutritional, and epidemiological are influencing health across the life course. Currently her work has been focusing on the health of adults and older adults in Latin America and the Caribbean and Latinos in the US. Her current research focuses on several outcomes: chronic conditions (e.g. diabetes and hypertension), quality of life, disability, cognition, mental health, oral health and life expectancy.
Currently, she is involved in several international projects aimed at understanding determinants of health disparities. The ultimate goal is to identify factors that are more malleable to changes through interventions and policies.
Education
PhD Sociology - University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS Population Health - University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA - Demography - Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ba Economics - Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, School of Social Work
Acting Director, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
Professor, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Professor, Women & Gender in Global Perspectives
Affiliate, Center for Social and Behavioral Science
External Links
Recent Publications
Aguirre, M. D. J. X., Drumond Andrade, F. C., Aguirre, M. A. C., Justino, J. R., & Maciel, B. L. L. (2023). Social Network, Food Patterns, Physical Activity and Associations with Overweight and Obesity in Adolescents from a School in Rural Brazil. Nutrients, 15(15), Article 3305. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15153305
Corona, L. P., Andrade, F. C. D., Borim, F. S. A., Aprahamian, I., Fattori, A., Cesari, M., Neri, A. L., & Yassuda, M. S. (2023). Weight loss severity and functional decline among the oldest old in a middle-income country: The FIBRA study longitudinal findings. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 53, 170-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2022.12.008
Guimarães, R., Andrade, F. C. D., Costa, G. N. O., Rocha, A. D. S., Barreto, M. L., & Salles, C. (2023). Setting references for daily intake of micronutrients: A study on magnesium. Nutrition, 106, Article 111903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2022.111903
Kwon, S., An, J., Lara-Cinisomo, S., Andrade, F. C. D., & Hernandez, R. (Accepted/In press). The influence of cultural values on mental health of informal Korean caregivers for older adults: a systematic review. Social Work in Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2023.2202789
Quashie, N. T., García, C., Meltzer, G., Andrade, F. C. D., & Matos-Moreno, A. (2023). Neighborhood socioeconomic position, living arrangements, and cardiometabolic disease among older Puerto Ricans: An examination using PREHCO 2002–2007. PloS one, 18(8), e0289170. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289170