Helena Hansen
Helena Hansen | |
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Hansen at the 2017 National Conference for Physician Scholars in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SHSSM) | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, Yale University, NYU Langone Health |
| Spouse | Mark Turner |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | NYU Medical Center University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | !En Victoria! : spiritual capital and self-made men in Puerto Rican addiction ministries (2004) |
Helena Hansen is an American psychiatrist and anthropologist who is a professor and Chair of Translational Social Science at University of California, Los Angeles. Her research considers health equity, and has called for clinical practitioners to address social determinants of health. She holds an Honorary Doctorate from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine in 2021.