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Cilia Mejia-Lancheros is an Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Health with a focus on Pediatrics and Obstetrics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, along with a Master of Public Health from Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, and an MSc in Global Health Policy from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her research interests lie at the intersection of health and social sciences, specifically exploring the impact of social determinants on the health and well-being of individuals and communities across the life course. Through her multidisciplinary expertise, she is dedicated to designing, implementing, and evaluating health interventions in collaboration with community partners to drive meaningful changes. Dr. Mejia-Lancheros is committed to principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion, integrating advanced epidemiological methods and community-based participatory research frameworks into her work, aimed at promoting community health and well-being, particularly within diverse immigrant and refugee populations. She has received the CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, Independence (REDI) Early Career Transition Award, recognizing her outstanding contributions to public health research.
Department of Sociology