Allison Aiello

Dr. Aiello is the James S. Jackson Healthy Longevity Professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Aiello’s research examines the ways in which social inequalities and psychosocial stressors shape immunological and epigenetic processes and impact healthy longevity. Dr. Aiello leads the Program on Biosocial Aging and Health Equity in the Columbia Aging Center, which focuses on life course processes, psychosocial stressors, and biomarkers of aging and health. She is the Deputy Director of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) Wave VI, which is one of the largest life course studies of the US population.

Research Interests

Adolescents/youth
Adulthood
Adverse childhood experiences
Community
Education/schools
Health
Health inequities
Inequality
Inequality/disparity
Life course perspectives on migration long reach of childhood or childhood origins of adult
Health
Social determinants
Toxic environmental exposures
Toxic stress

Datasets

Add Health (National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health)
Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Administrative data (state or national)