Jacqueline L. Angel, (Ph.D., Rutgers 1989) is currently a Professor of Public Affairs and Sociology and a Faculty Affiliate at the Population Research Center and LBJ School Center for Health and Social Policy at The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the U.T. Faculty, she did her post-doctoral training at Rutgers in mental health services research and the Pennsylvania State University Program in Demography of Aging. Her research addresses the relationships linking family structures, inequality, and health across the life course, including a special focus on older Hispanics. She is particularly interested in evaluating the impact of social policies on the health and well-being of aging immigrants.
Dr. Angel is the Principal Investigator on a National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (MD) R01 study examining the risk of long-term care in older Mexican American families and since its inception, a Co-Investigator on the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (H-EPESE). In addition, she is Co-Organizer of the NIA-funded (R-13) grant for the Conference Series on Aging in the Americas: Mexico and the United States.