Anna Krasnova, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Medicine
School of Medicine

anna.krasnova@ucsf.edu 628-206-5277

Anna Krasnova, PhD MHS received her doctorate in Epidemiology from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York. Prior to this, she earned a Master of Health Science in Mental Health at Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of British Columbia.

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During her time at Columbia University, Anna worked as a graduate research assistant in the Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. There, she contributed to projects examining the effects of neighborhood and family environments on sleep quality and BMI of high-risk adolescents. Anna’s doctoral research focused on understanding the neighborhood mechanisms behind the unintended consequences of Section 8 housing voucher receipt on adolescent mental health. Her research interests include causal inference methods, social epidemiology, housing policy evaluation, and adolescent mental health.

Awards

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  • Travel Award, Society of Epidemiologic Research, 2020
  • Modeling Cognitive Aging in Context Workshop Travel Award, 2019
  • Reserve and Resilience in Cognitive Aging and Dementia Scholarship, 2019
  • Merit Scholarship, Columbia University, 2018

Education & Training

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  • PhD Epidemiology Columbia University 09/2024
  • MHS Mental Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 05/2015
  • BSc Computer Science and Statistics University of British Columbia 05/2008
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship UCSF

Interests

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  • causal mediation
  • homelessness
  • causal inference methods
  • substance use
  • biostatistics
  • psychiatric epidemiology
  • social epidemiology

Websites

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Publications (19)

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Accountable Care OrganizationsAdministrative Claims, HealthcareAndrogen AntagonistsAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalLife Change EventsProstatic NeoplasmsSexual and Gender MinoritiesSubstance-Related DisordersLonelinessAntisocial Personality DisorderCognitive DysfunctionDementiaHomosexuality, FemaleMedicareSEER Program

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