Alana LeBron, Dr. Alana LeBrón is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicano/Latino studies and Program in Public Health at the University of California at Irvine (UCI). Dr. LeBron completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Michigan-based National Center for Institutional Diversity. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan School of Public Health after earning her master’s in public health from Harvard University and her bachelor’s from Bowdoin College in Maine. Dr. LeBron’s research is conducted using a community –based participatory approach that actively engages community members in addressing research questions related to the intersections of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and gender in shaping health outcomes and inequities. Much of her work has focused on Latino/a/x health and the role of racialization, including immigrant policing and racial bias, in shaping the lived experiences and health outcomes of Latino/a/x communities
Sponsored by the Departments of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, with support from the Rackham Faculty Allies ProgramThe (Anti-) Soil Lead Project: Towards Community Driven Health Equity Action Research
Health Equity Speaker Series with Dr. Alana LeBron
September 26, 2018
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
3755 SPH I
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Sponsored by: Sponsored by the Departments of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, with support from the Rackham Faculty Allies Program
Contact Information: Denise Fortune, fortuned@umich.edu
Alana LeBron, Dr. Alana LeBrón is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicano/Latino studies and Program in Public Health at the University of California at Irvine (UCI). Dr. LeBron completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Michigan-based National Center for Institutional Diversity. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan School of Public Health after earning her master’s in public health from Harvard University and her bachelor’s from Bowdoin College in Maine. Dr. LeBron’s research is conducted using a community –based participatory approach that actively engages community members in addressing research questions related to the intersections of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and gender in shaping health outcomes and inequities. Much of her work has focused on Latino/a/x health and the role of racialization, including immigrant policing and racial bias, in shaping the lived experiences and health outcomes of Latino/a/x communities