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Andrea Lopez-Cepero is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Emory University. Her research focuses on population health, particularly cardiometabolic diseases among Latinx populations, with an emphasis on stress influences on eating behaviors and health disparities. She investigates stress-related eating behaviors (e.g., emotional eating) and their links to cardiometabolic markers. Her work also explores resilience factors that mitigate stress effects on health.
Education: PhD from University of Massachusetts Medical School; MHSN and BS from University of Puerto Rico campuses.
Research interests include behavioral health, nutrition, and social determinants of health. She teaches EPI 591S - Social Epidemiology.
Key areas of research involve stress adaptation, Latinx health outcomes, and intervention development. Recent publications address cardiovascular health in Puerto Rico, food insecurity impacts, and pandemic-related mental health trends.
Publications span epidemiology, public health, and nutrition, emphasizing understudied populations. No scientific awards explicitly listed in provided materials.
