Contact Information
1010 W. Nevada
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Areas
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
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Associate Professor, Sociology
Associate Professor, Women & Gender in Global Perspectives
Affiliate, Center for Social and Behavioral Science
Associate Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Associate Professor, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
External Links
Recent Publications
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, [111903]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2022.111903
Adamu, I., Andrade, F. C. D., & Singleton, C. R. (2022). Availability of Drinking Water Source and the Prevalence of Diarrhea among Nigerian Households. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 107(4), 893-897. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0901
Andrade, F. C. D., & Chen, X. S. (2022). A biopsychosocial examination of chronic back pain, limitations on usual activities, and treatment in Brazil, 2019. PloS one, 17(6), [e0269627]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269627
Andrade, F. C. D., Quashie, N. T., & Schwartzman, L. F. (2022). Coresidence increases the risk of testing positive for COVID-19 among older Brazilians. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), 105. [105]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02800-6