Lan N. Đoàn
Hercules, CA
Degree: 
Ph.D.
Major: 
Health Promotion and Health Behavior
Faculty advisor: 
Veronica Irvin
Dissertation / thesis / project title and brief summary: 

“Disaggregating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health Data: Cardiovascular Health, Neighborhood Factors, and Socioeconomic Disadvantage Among Older Adults.” Lan’s dissertation focused on the determinants of cardiovascular disease in Asian American and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander older adults and how neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation modifies the impact of these determinants.

Professional / academic / life plans after graduation: 

Postdoctoral Fellow at the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health in the Department of Population Health, Section for Health Equity