Overview
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Social Work
Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish
Gender
- Female
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Michigan
- MA, Clinical Psychology, University of Michigan
- BA, Psychology and Sociology with a concentration in Latino Studies, Cornell University
- Internship: New York University-Bellevue Hospital Center
- Fellowship: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Committees, Societies, Councils
- Member, Anxiety and Depression Association of America
- Member, Sleep Research Society
- Member, American Psychological Association
- Member, American Psychosomatic Society
- Member, Society for Social Work Research
- Member, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Member, Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- Member, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, Division 45, American Psychology Association
- Member, Society for Health Psychology, Division 38, American Psychology Association
- Member, Society of Clinical Psychology, Division 12, American Psychology Association
- 2022– Present: Member, CTSA TRANSFORM Internal Advisory Committee, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- 2021 – Present: Member, Senior Search Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2019 – 2021: Member, Ethics Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2018 – 2019: Member, Doctoral Program Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2018 – Present: Member, Doctoral Admissions Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2018 – 2021: Member, Curriculum Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2017 – 2021: Member, Search Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2016 – Present: Member, Collaborative to Advance Equity through Research, Columbia University
- 2016 – 2017: Co-Chair, Admissions Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2016 – 2017: Member, Diversity Task Force Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2016 – 2017: Member, Faculty Workload Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2015 – Present: Member, Advanced Clinical Practice Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2015 – 2016: Member, Diversity Committee, Columbia School of Social Work
- 2008 – 2009: Member, Department of Psychology Executive Committee, University of Michigan
- 2008 – 2009: Departmental Associate, University of Michigan
- 2008: Graduate Advisor, Hispanic Heritage Month Planning Committee, University of Michigan
- 2006 – 2008: Member, Clinical Area Admissions Committee, University of Michigan
- 2007 – 2008: Member, Department of Psychology Diversity Committee, University of Michigan
- 2006 – 2008: Executive Co-Chair, Latina/o Student Psychological Association, University of Michigan
- 2006 – 2007: Archival Co-Chair, Black Student Psychological Association, University of Michigan
- 2005 – 2006: Social Chair, Black Student Psychological Association, University of Michigan
Honors & Awards
- 2022: Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research Fellow (elected)
- 2021: Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Bootzin Mid-Career Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award
- 2021– 2023: Columbia University Provost Leadership Fellow
- 2020: Cell Mentor, 100 Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists in America
- 2020: Anxiety and Depression Association of America Member of Distinction Award
- 2017: Latino Social Work Coalition Leadership Award
- 2014: American Academy of Sleep Medicine Young Investigator Research Forum
- 2014: American Psychosomatic Society Young Investigator Colloquium
- 2013: NIH/NHLBI Investing in America’s Future: Mentoring Researchers in Latino Health Disparities
- 2010 – 2012: Kellogg Health Scholars Program Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2011: Academy Health/Aetna Foundation Minority Scholars Program
- 2011: Family Research Consortium V Summer Institute Fellowship
- 2008: American Psychological Association MFP Psychology Summer Institute
- 2008: Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (distinguished University of Michigan teaching award)
Research
Selected Publications
- Lucchini, M*., Rayport, Y., Valeri, L., Jelic, S., St-Onge, M. P., O'Brien, L. M., & Alcantara, C. (2023). Racial/ethnic
disparities in sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy in the nuMoM2b study. Obesity (Silver Spring,
Md.), 31(4), 923–933. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23697 - Firestein, M. R., Shuffrey, L. C., Hu, Y., Kyle, M., Hussain, M., Bianco, C., Hott, V., Hyman, S. P., Kyler, M.,
Rodriguez, C., Tejeda Romero, M., Tzul Lopez, H., Alcántara, C., Amso, D., Austin, J., Bain, J. M., Barbosa, J.,
Battarbee, A. N., Bruno, A., Ettinger, S., … Dumitriu, D. (2023). Assessment of Neurodevelopment in Infants With
and Without Exposure to Asymptomatic or Mild Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy. JAMA network
open, 6(4), e237396. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.7396 - Manber, R., Alcántara, C., Bei, B., Morin, C. M., & van Straten, A. A. (2023). Integrating technology to increase
the reach of CBT-I: state of the science and challenges ahead. Sleep, 46(1), zsac252.
https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsac252 - Johnson, D. A., Ohanele, C., Alcántara, C., & Jackson, C. L. (2022). The Need for Social and Environmental
Determinants of Health Research to Understand and Intervene on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obstructive Sleep
Apnea. Clinics in chest medicine, 43(2), 199–216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2022.02.002 - Makarem, N., Alcantara, C., Musick, S., Quesada, O., Sears, D. D., Chen, Z., & Tehranifar, P. (2022).
Multidimensional Sleep Health Is Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence and Cardiometabolic Health
in US Adults. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(17), 10749.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710749 - Stonbraker, S*., Sanabria, G., Cunto-Amesty, S., Alcántara, C., Abraído-Lanza, A. F., Rowell-Cunsolo, T.,
Halpern, M., Bakken, S., Schnall, R., & George, M. (2022). "If They Give Their Mind to HIV, They Don't Last as
Long": An Explanatory Model of HIV Infection in a Limited-Resource Setting Informs Person-Centered Care. Global
qualitative nursing research, 9, 23333936221097112. https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936221097112 - Lucchini, M*., O'Brien, L. M., Kahn, L. G., Brennan, P. A., Glazer Baron, K., Knapp, E. A., Lugo-Candelas, C.,
Shuffrey, L., Dunietz, G. L., Zhu, Y., Wright, R. J., Wright, R. O., Duarte, C., Karagas, M. R., Ngai, P., O'Connor, T.
G., Herbstman, J. B., Dioni, S., Singh, A. M., Alcantara, C., … Environmental influences on Child Health
Outcomes (2022). Racial/ethnic disparities in subjective sleep duration, sleep quality, and sleep disturbances
during pregnancy: an ECHO study. Sleep, 45(9), zsac075. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsac075 - Lucchini, M., Ordway, M. R., Kyle, M. H., Pini, N., Barbosa, J. R., Sania, A., Shuffrey, L. C., Firestein, M. R.,
Fernández, C. R., Fifer, W. P., Alcántara, C., Monk, C., & Dumitriu, D. (2022). Racial/ethnic disparities in infant
sleep in the COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO) study. Sleep health, 8(5), 429–439.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2022.06.010 - Lucchini, M.*, Kyle, M. H., Sania, A., Pini, N., Babineau, V., Firestein, M. R., Fernández, C. R., Shuffrey, L. C.,
Barbosa, J. R., Rodriguez, C., Fifer, W. P., Alcántara, C., Monk, C., & Dumitriu, D. (2021). Postpartum sleep
health in a multiethnic cohort of women during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Sleep health, S2352-
7218(21)00224-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2021.10.009 - Shuffrey, L. C., Firestein, M. R., Kyle, M. H., Fields, A., Alcántara, C., Amso, D., Austin, J., Bain, J. M., Barbosa,
J., Bence, M., Bianco, C., Fernández, C. R., Goldman, S., Gyamfi-Bannerman, C., Hott, V., Hu, Y., Hussain, M.,
Factor-Litvak, P., Lucchini, M., Mandel, A., … Dumitriu, D. (2022). Association of Birth During the COVID-19
Pandemic With Neurodevelopmental Status at 6 Months in Infants With and Without In Utero Exposure to Maternal
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov