Lan Ðoàn, PhD

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Section for Health Equity at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. 

I am a social epidemiologist with training and applied experience in conducting community-based participatory research (CBPR) working with minoritized racial and ethnic, low-income and immigrant communities. My research is centered on the structural drivers of health with a focus on cardiovascular disease and psychosocial factors, including quality of life and depression. I specifically examine populations of older adults, with a particular focus on Asian American and immigrant communities, and how neighborhood environments modify determinants of health across the life course. My research is motivated by a commitment to advancing health equity for historically marginalized communities through community-engaged and participatory action research and collaborations.

I currently serve on the Resources Centers of Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) National Coordinating Center Scientific Advisory Board. I was previously an Associate Fellow in the University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics and served on the American Public Health Association (APHA) Aging and Public Health Section Program Planning committee. 

I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Population Health at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. I previously earned my BA in Integrative Biology and Asian American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, MPH in Community Health and Education from Touro University California and PhD in Health Promotion and Heath Behavior with a minor in Biological Data Science from Oregon State University.