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

Associate 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

Health Policy and Management and Dentistry (in Community Health) 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

Deliang Tang

Associate Professor

Environmental Health Sciences 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

Associate 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

Maureen Miller

Adjunct Associate Professor

Epidemiology

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

Patrick Wilson

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Renee Goodwin

Adjunct Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Renata Schiavo

Senior Lecturer

Sociomedical Sciences

Rachel Moresky

Associate Professor

Heilbrunn Population and Family Health

Sara Abiola

Assistant Professor

Health Policy and Management

Shakira Suglia

Adjunct Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Susan Michaels-Strasser

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (in ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Silvia Martins

Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Virginia Rauh

Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

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

Y. Claire Wang

Associate Professor

Health Policy and Management

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

Raygine DiAquoi

Assistant Professor

Sociomedical 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

Virgil G. Damon Professor

Epidemiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology

Kelli Hall

Associate Professor

Population and Family Health

Stephanie Grilo

Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health

News & Features

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Had Significant Impact on the Mental Health of Adolescents

A study of over 59,000 Icelandic adolescents by a team of Icelandic and North American behavioral and social scientists found that COVID-19 has had a significant, detrimental impact on adolescent mental health, especially in girls. The study is the first to investigate and document

 It's Never Too Early to Begin Healthy Eating Habits

Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Brazil found that when health workers were trained to promote infant healthy feeding practices to pregnant women their children consumed less fats and carbohydrat

Telomere Length, a Longevity Marker, May Be Determined Early in Life

Telomeres are protective caps on DNA that shorten as we grow older. Now, one of the first studies to examine telomere length (TL) in childhood finds that the initial setting of TL during prenatal development and in the first years of life may determine one’s TL throughout childhood and poten

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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.