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Dr. Borrell's research interest is on race and ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and neighborhood effects as they act as social determinants of health. She has expertise in racial/ethnic disparities in health, research methods and the analysis of large databases, including survey, census and spatially linked data. In addition, Dr. Borrell has investigated the role of race among Hispanics in theoretical and empirical work. Dr. Borrell has an extensive record in mentoring master, doctoral and postdoctoral students.

PhD, University of Michigan, 2001

DDS, Columbia University, 1994

MPH, Columbia University, 1994

University Affiliations:

• Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars
• Columbia Center for the Health of Urban Minorities

Additional Affiliations:

• Member, American College of Epidemiology
• Member, International Association of Dental Research /American Association of Dental Research
• Member, Society for Epidemiologic Research
• Member, American Dental Association
• Member, International Epidemiological Association
• Member, International Society of Hypertension in Blacks

• Health Disparities Scholar, National center on Minority Health & Health disparities, NIH
• Calderone Junior Faculty Development Award, Columbia University