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100 Haven Avenue, Suite 6A
New York, NY 10032
Phone:212-304-5563
Fax: 212-304-7268
Email:[email protected]
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Education and Training
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| Columbia University
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Co-Director, Aging and Public Health Program
Associate Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
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Co-Director,
Center for the Psychosocial Study of Health and Illness
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| Dr. Victoria Raveis' research focuses on the psychosocial issues facing seriously ill or dying adults and the health-related demands and challenges confronting families. Her work has documented the diversity and contributions of the family caring unit, addressed grief and bereavement throughout the life course, and informed the development of resources and programs to address families’ psychosocial needs. She has also published on the role of psychosocial factors in treatment compliance, barriers to health services and end-of-life care in medically underserved populations and attitudes towards medical care in ethnically diverse populations. Dr. Raveis has lectured and presented her work at national and international conferences and has authored numerous publications. Her research is contributing to the growing awareness, on a national leadership level, of the importance of focusing attention on the aging family and providing resources to the family caring unit. She is part of a national panel of experts, convened by the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Human Development on care provision in cancer. Dr. Raveis is also a member of a national advisory group, convened by National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service, to develop evidence-based materials for NCI’s Facing Forward series that addresses the challenges families face during cancer survivorship. She has been the principal investigator on research grants from national and several state and foundation efforts. In addition to her research activities, Dr. Raveis co-directs the MPH program on Aging and Public Health, located within the School’s Department of Sociomedical Sciences.
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