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