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
External Links
Recent Publications
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
Barragan, M., Luna, V., Hammons, A. J., Olvera, N., Greder, K., Drumond Andrade, F. C., Fiese, B., Wiley, A., Teran-Garcia, M., & Team, T. A. C. R. (2022). Reducing Obesogenic Eating Behaviors in Hispanic Children through a Family-Based, Culturally-Tailored RCT: Abriendo Caminos. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(4), [1917]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19041917
Corona, L. P., Andrade, F. C. D., da Silva Alexandre, T., de Brito, T. R. P., Nunes, D. P., & de Oliveira Duarte, Y. A. (2022). Higher hemoglobin levels are associated with better physical performance among older adults without anemia: a longitudinal analysis. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), [233]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02937-4
Andrade, J. M., Andrade, F. C. D., Oliveira, E. J. P., Duarte, Y. A. D. O., & de Andrade, F. B. (2021). Life expectancy with poor health-related quality of life among Brazilian older adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 94, [104346]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2021.104346