Lan Ngoc Ðoàn, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Section for Health Equity at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Her research is centered on the structural determinants of health with a focus on cardiovascular disease and psychosocial factors, including quality of life and depression. Her work has examined populations of Asian American older adults and how neighborhood deprivation modifies the impact of structural determinants of their health. Dr. Ðoàn is an interdisciplinary scholar with expertise in analysis of complex datasets, with a focus on aging and aging-related processes, immigrant health, and social environments.
She serves as Program Chair for the American Public Health Association (APHA) Aging and Public Health Section and was recently a Scholars Strategy Network (SSN) Health Equity Scholar. Dr. Ðoàn completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and received her PhD in Public Health, Health Promotion and Health Behavior, and minor in Biological Data Sciences from Oregon State University.
