
Dr. Carmela Alcantara
@alcantaraphd
Associate Professor @columbia, @ColumbiaSSW; Affiliate @CPRC & @ColumbiaSIG studying sleep, mental health, & cardiovascular health disparities, @sleepmindhealth
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Beyond excited to be joined ColumbiaSocialWork by @robeschmann and Nkemka Anyiwo! A sincere welcome to these stars!

Interested in a PhD in #socialwork ColumbiaSocialWork ? Join me and Jessica Troiano, Director of the Doctoral Program, TONIGHT @6PM EST for an information session! More info: bit.ly/39wCHrJ


So excited to present McGill University + Université de Montréal on 9/29 at 4:30pm EST on what I’ve learned from my research on #healthequity and sleep in #Latinx communities about the social lives of #sleep!

Join us for our first #bilingual Sleep Community forum on #stress and #sleep tonight at 6:30PM EST. Asiste a esta charla gratuita y virtual sobre el #sueno y la #salud esta noche a las 6:30PM! Marwah Abdalla, MD, MPH Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge @luci_giorgio

One of the greatest joys of academia is watching the most junior members of Sleep, Mind, Health thrive in research. Congrats to Department of Psychology at Columbia University undergrad Darwin Arias Laidlaw Foundation fellow on an excellent undergrad research poster on #PhysicalActivity in #LatinX #immigrants.Pa’lante


Really looking forward to Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge and @EileenZFuentes community workshop on #sleep and #diet with live virtual cooking demo on 10/26 at 6:30pmEST!

Thank you Rodrigo Pérez Ortega for this excellent feature in Science Magazine on #sleep #disparities! it was a pleasure to talk about #sleep as a #socialjustice issue, the need for #policy solutions, and my research adapting and testing #digital CBT-I for Spanish-speaking #LatinX adults!




Join us tonight Adrián Lamo:30pm for a free session on sleep + yoga with Yogiando NYC and Kathleen Frazier!

Looking forward to this conversation on Jan 19th @ 12pm EST with Michael Irwin and Rachel Ehrenberg from Knowable Magazine! Join us!

FRIDAY, 1pm: Don't miss the FIRST GENERATION ROUNDTABLE WITH COLUMBIA FACULTY, featuring @fguridy, Dr. Carmela Alcantara, Ruben Gonzalez, and Steven Lee-Kong. REGISTER: buff.ly/3r5ekv3 CU History Department Columbia Surgery ColumbiaSocialWork Columbia Chemistry ColumbiaULife



A fantastic end to an enriching 3 day meeting! Delighted to have been a faculty mentor. Couldn’t agree more that the future of #sleep #science is bright! Kudos American Academy of Sleep Medicine! #yirf

I’m fired up and ready to celebrate and honor the talented @CSSW Class of 2022 later today Columbia University! With a special shout out to the amazing 6 #PhD graduates that we’ll be honoring today. Can’t wait for the celebration! #CSSWGrad2022 #sisepudo

It was such an honor to speak at last night’s #Latinx graduation ColumbiaSocialWork ! #Palante, always #Palante graduates! You make us so proud! #sisepudo

Still reflecting on the terrific ColumbiaSocialWork commencement yesterday and the 6 newly minted PhDs featured below! Congratulations Drs! @luci_giorgio @iamyglee @s_j_kwon Prema Filippone, PhD Charlotte McCullough and Sam Han! #CSSWGrad2022


Special shout out to Dra. Giorgio @luci_giorgio, my first doctoral student who I had the pleasure to hood ColumbiaSocialWork commencement. Luci, one of the greatest joys of my career has been bearing witness to your growth and tenacity! you are a star!#CSSWGrad2022 #SiSePudo


Lack of sleep takes a toll on physical and mental health, increasing risk for chronic conditions like high blood pressure & obesity. Experts Elizabeth Klerman, Dr. Carmela Alcantara, Rebecca Spencer & Dr. Azizi Seixas. Moderated by Jacqueline Howard. Feb. 16, 1-2 pm ET Register: hsph.me/scienceofsleep
