Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
267-359-6178
f.lescherban@drexel.edu
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Degrees
PhD, Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public HealthMPH, Epidemiology/Biostatistics, UC-BerkeleyBA, Mathematics and French, Brown University
Bio
Dr. Lê-Scherban holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan and an MPH in Epidemiology/Biostatistics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research centers on health disparities with a focus on children’s health disparities, life course determinants, and immigrant health. She currently leads an NIH-funded project to investigate how food insecurity, neighborhood conditions, and food assistance programs come together to affect growth in young children. She is also Philadelphia site principal investigator of Children’s HealthWatch, a multi-site research and policy network to improve the health and development of young children and their families.
Research Interests
- Maternal and Child Health
- Health Disparities
- Immigrant Health
- Life Course
- Health and Place or Built Environment
- Community-Engaged Research
- Mental Health and Behavioral Health
- Urban Health
- Cardiovascular Disease
Publications
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Lê-Scherban F, Ettinger de Cuba S, Bovell-Ammon A, Coleman SM, Rateau L, Cutts DB, Black MM, Heeren T, Frank DA. Association between material hardship in families with young children and federal relief program participation by race and ethnicity and maternal nativity. JAMA Health Forum 2023;4(4): e230508. PMCID: PMC10122179.
Lê-Scherban F, Ballester L, Castro JC, Cohen S, Melly S, Moore KM, Buehler J. Neighborhood characteristics associated with diabetes and hypertension control among an urban African-American population: A study of geo-linked electronic health records. Preventive Medicine Reports 2019;Jul 13:15:100953. PMCID: PMC6656692.
Lê-Scherban F, Albrecht SS, Osypuk TL, Sánchez BN, Diez Roux AV. Long-term neighborhood ethnic composition and weight-related outcomes among immigrants: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Health & Place 2019;58:102147. PMCID: PMC6708458.
Lê-Scherban F, Wang X, Boyle-Steed K, Pachter L. Intergenerational associations between adult past exposure to adverse childhood experiences and offspring child health outcomes: The Philadelphia ACE Study. Pediatrics 2018;141(6); epub e20174274. PMID: 29784755.