Stephanie Grilo

Stephanie Grilo is a social scientist and public health researcher whose work focuses on improving health behaviors and outcomes for vulnerable populations including adolescents, pregnant women, and historically disenfranchised communities. Dr. Grilo’s recent research explores multiracial identification and health outcomes among adolescents and young adults in the United States. In May 2019 she completed her PhD at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences. As part of her doctoral training, she was a fellow in both the NIH-supported Gender Sexuality and Health Training grant and NIH-supported Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD).

Research Interests

Adolescent / Young Adult Developmental Transitions
Adolescents/Youth
Discrimination
Gender
Inequality
Racism
Sex Education
Sexuality

Datasets

Panel Study of Income Dynamics