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Lissette M. Piedra, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, United States

Lissette M. Piedra is Associate Professor of Social Work with affiliated appointments in Latino/Latina Studies and the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC). Dr. Piedra’s research combines community-based and population-based studies to address questions that are vital to the health and wellbeing of aging Latinos across disciplinary boundaries. She has written extensively on the ways in which language and culture affects service access for Latinos, particularly its aging population, with a goal of improving the lives of community members. Dr. Piedra’s work has been supported by Mather LifeWays and the National Institute of Aging. Her work has appeared in The Gerontologist, Journal of Applied Gerontology, Journal of the American Heart Association, and BMC Public Health. Currently, Dr. Piedra is Co-Editor and Book Reviews Editor of Qualitative Social Work.

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