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Fellowship Start Year

2022

Status

Continuing

Research Topic

Understanding the Impacts of Social and School Based Policies on Violence Victimization and Weight-Related Disparities among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents.

April Acheta

She/Her
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Perelman School of Medicine

Bio

Postdoc Appointment

Department
  • Adolescent Medicine
Penn Faculty Mentor
  • Nadia L. Dowshen, M.D., MSHP

Education

Degrees
  • 2022, Ph.D. Philosophy, Columbia University
  • 2020, M.S., Philosophy, Columbia University
  • 2016, B.S., Nursing, Rutgers University
Disertation Title

The Impacts of School Climate and Education Policy in Weight and Victimization Disparities Among Sexual Minority Adolescents

Research Advisors
  • Tonda L. Hughes, Ph.D., RN FAAN