Child and Adolescent Health

Expertise in the health of this vulnerable population ranges from nutrition to mental health to sexuality to understanding how socioeconomic factors inform access to good health.

Faculty in Child and Adolescent Health

Andrew Rundle

Professor

Epidemiology

Anne Paxton

Associate Professor

Epidemiology & Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Alwyn Cohall

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences, Population and Family Health, and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Bruce Armstrong

Special Lecturer

Population and Family Health

Batya Elul

Associate Professor

Epidemiology at Columbia University Medical Center

Burton Edelstein

Professor Emeritus

Dental Medicine (Pediatric Dentistry) and Health Policy and Management at the Columbia University Medical Center

Cassie Landers

Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Carol Caton

Professor of Clinical

Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Carolyn Westhoff

Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Professor of Reproductive Health

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Denise Kandel

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry)

Diana Hernández

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

David Bell

Professor

Population and Family Health and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Ezra Susser

Professor

Epidemiology and Psychiatry

Frederica Perera

Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Helena Duch

Adjunct Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Jeffrey Fagan

Professor

Epidemiology

Jasmine McDonald

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Joseph Graziano

Emeritus Professor

Environmental Health Sciences and Pharmacology

Julie Herbstman

Associate Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Joyce Pressley

Associate Professor

Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management at the Columbia University Medical Center

John Santelli

Professor

Population and Family Health and Pediatrics

Katherine Keyes

Professor

Epidemiology

Lauren Houghton

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Louise Kuhn

Professor

Epidemiology (in the Sergievsky Center)

Leslie Davidson

Professor

Epidemiology and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Mary Ann Chiasson

Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (in Medicine)

Melanie Gold

Professor

Population and Family Health and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Manuela Orjuela-Grimm

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology and Pediatrics (in the HICCC) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Mady Hornig

Associate Professor

Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center

Myrna Weissman

Diane Goldman Kemper Family Professor

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry)

Matthew Perzanowski

Associate Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Marni Sommer

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Madelyn Gould

Professor

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Melissa Stockwell

Associate Professor

Pediatrics and Population and Family Health

Mary Beth Terry

Professor

Epidemiology (In Environmental Health Sciences)

Nischay Mishra

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (In the Center for Infection and Immunity) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Renee Goodwin

Adjunct Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Renata Schiavo

Senior Lecturer

Sociomedical Sciences

Rachel Moresky

Associate Professor

Heilbrunn Population and Family Health

Shakira Suglia

Adjunct Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Susan Michaels-Strasser

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (in ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Silvia Martins

Professor

Epidemiology

Virginia Rauh

Professor

Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health

Wendy Chavkin

Special Lecturer/ Professor Emerita

Population and Family Health and Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Xinhua Liu

Professor

Biostatistics at the Columbia University Medical Center

George Musa

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry)

Chloe Teasdale

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Morgan Philbin

Assistant Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Andrea Baccarelli

Leon Hess Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Latanya Mapp Frett

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health

Andrea Low

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (in ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Matthew Lamb

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (In ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

S. Patrick Kachur

Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Jeanette Stingone

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Rupak Shivakoti

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Larkin McReynolds

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (In Psychiatry)

Janna Metzler

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health

Jeremy Kane

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Kiros Berhane

Cynthia and Robert Citron-Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein Professor

Biostatistics

Maya Deyssenroth

Assistant Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Ka Kahe

Tilden-Weger-Bieler Professor

Obstetrics & Gynecology and Epidemiology

Kelli Hall

Associate Professor

Population and Family Health

Stephanie Grilo

Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health

Mary Clare Lennon

Professor of Clinical

Sociomedical Sciences

News & Features

Air Pollution and Climate Change Take a Growing Toll on Children's Health

A New England Journal of Medicine article reviews the evidence on the large and growing toll of air pollution and fossil fuel-driven climate change on children. Frederica Perera of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Kari Nadeau of the Stanford University School of Medici

Massive Open Online Course on Ending Violence Against Children Launches

A new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) presents evidence-based strategies and approaches to preventing and responding to violence against children. Geared for practitioners, policymakers, anyone who cares deeply about this issue, the MOOC shares knowledge about forms of violence against chi

Major Uptick Reported in Cannabis Vaping for All Adolescents

Cannabis vaping is increasing as the most popular method of cannabis delivery among all adolescents in the U.S., as is the frequency of cannabis vaping, according to research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The study found that the frequency of vaping cannabis among a

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Asghar, K., Mayevskaya, Y., Sommer, M., Razzaque, A., Laird, B., Khan, Y., Qureshi, S., Falb, K., & Stark, L. (2018). Promoting Adolescent Girls' Well-Being in Pakistan: a Mixed-Methods Study of Change Over Time, Feasibility, and Acceptability, of the COMPASS Program. Prev Sci. View abstract.

Sommer, M., Muñoz-Laboy, M., Williams, A., Mayevskaya, Y., Falb, K., Abdella, G., & Stark, L. (2018). How Gender Norms are Reinforced Through Violence Against Adolescent Girls in Two Conflicted-Affected Populations. Child Abuse & Neglect. View abstract.

Blake, S., Boone, M., Yenew Kassa, A. & Sommer, M. (2017). Teaching Girls About Puberty and Menstrual Hygiene Management in Rural Ethiopia. Journal of Adolescent Research. View abstract.

Ipapo, K.N., Factor-Litvak, P., Whyatt, R.M. … & Herbstman, J.B. (2017). Maternal Prenatal Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations and Visual Recognition Memory Among Infants at 27 Weeks. Environmental Research. View abstract.