Victoria O. Nguyen

Victoria O. Nguyen, LMSW, is a doctoral candidate at the Columbia University School of Social Work, where her training has included an NIH TL1 predoctoral fellowship through Columbia University’s Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.

Her research examines biological signatures of stress, trauma, and social adversity as potential early indicators of disease risk and mental health outcomes. Her work focuses on epigenetic mechanisms, particularly DNA methylation-based measures of biological aging, to understand how cumulative social and psychological stress may shape the body over time and contribute to later health risk. Her research aims to strengthen early risk identification and inform prevention strategies that advance health equity across community and healthcare settings.

Her work has received national and international recognition, including honors from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the Society for Research in Child Development.

Research Interests

Health Inequities
Immigrant Health
Life Course Perspectives on Migration
Long Reach of Childhood or Childhood Origins of Adult Health
Migrant Health
Refugees
Social Determinants

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