Dr. Diane Lauderdale

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Biography

Diane S. Lauderdale is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago. As an epidemiologist, her research examines behavioral and social factors that influence health. Her recent work has particularly focused on sleep behaviors and their associations with health outcomes. Lauderdale conducts studies on people's perceptions of sleep duration and disruption in relation to objective sleep measures, and investigates the social factors affecting sleep, including connectedness and loneliness. She has highlighted significant racial, socioeconomic, and gender disparities in objective sleep duration among middle-aged adults. She has also published pivotal studies regarding the health of immigrants in the United States, covering aspects from pre-immigration conditions to discrimination's impact on health outcomes for Arab American women. As the director of the University of Chicago's Master of Public Health program, Lauderdale prepares clinicians to apply research in clinical epidemiology and health services research.

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Experience

Professor and Chair

— Present

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Leads the Department of Public Health Sciences, focusing on epidemiologic research and education.

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Louis Block Professor

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Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
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TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
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Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
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Department of Philosophy