Associate Professor
M_Epidemiology & Biostatistics
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+1 415 371-3261

Dr. Torres is a social epidemiologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Dr. Torres’ current research focuses on the role of policies, families, and community social networks in shaping population health and health inequities, particularly in mid and late-life. Her ongoing research is examining the role of family social connections, caregiving, and household composition changes in shaping late-life health, including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. She approaches her research from a life-course perspective and a social determinants of health framework. Much of her ongoing research employs modern epidemiologic methods that are better equipped than conventional methods at estimating the impact of time-varying exposures in the presence of time-varying confounding. Dr. Torres is also supporting trainees at all levels who are leading research broadly on the social determinants of inequity in health and aging and specifically related to policy impacts on the health of immigrants and their family and community members across the life-course.

Publications

Social exposome and brain health outcomes of dementia across Latin America.

Nature communications

Migeot J, Pina-Escudero SD, Hernandez H, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Legaz A, Fittipaldi S, Resende EPF, Duran-Aniotz C, Avila-Funes JA, Behrens MI, Bruno MA, Cardona JF, Custodio N, García AM, Godoy ME, Hu K, Lanata S, Lawlor B, Lopera F, Maito MA, Matallana DL, Miller B, Jaime Miranda J, de Oliveira MO, Reyes P, Santamaria-Garcia H, Slachevsky A, Sosa AL, Takada LT, Torres JM, Vanneste S, Valcour V, Wen O, Yokoyama JS, Possin KL, Ibanez A