Danielle M. Crookes Biography

About

Dr. Danielle Crookes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University. She holds a Doctor of Public Health in Epidemiology from Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health. As a social epidemiologist, her research examines structural, political, and social factors that shape the health of communities of color in the US, especially immigrant communities.

Education

MPH, Community Health Education, Temple University, College of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DrPH, Epidemiology, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York

Project Description

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of mortality for adults in the US. Although some immigrant groups have lower rates of CVD compared to US-born populations, CVD risk factor profiles worsen with longer duration of residence and from the first to the second generation. Exclusionary immigrant-related policies may contribute to this decline in health because they restrict some immigrants’ access to health-promoting resources and may be stressors for immigrants and their families. Further, immigrant-related policies interact with sentiment toward immigrants to create a welcoming or unwelcoming sociopolitical climate towards immigrants. Growing evidence suggests that subfederal immigrant-related policies affect Latinx immigrants’ health care access and self-rated health, for example, but there has been limited research on the association between these policies and CVD-related risk factors. The goal of my research is to improve our understanding how immigrant-related policies, racism and xenophobia affect the health, especially the CVD-related risk factors, of immigrant and subsequent US-born generations.