Bachelor of Arts (Biology), University of Missouri-Columbia

Bachelor of Arts (Spanish), University of Missouri-Columbia

Masters of Public Health, The George Washington University, Department of Global Health

Doctor of Public Health (Behavioral Health), The George Washington University, Department of Prevention and Community Health

PUBH 6500: Planning and Implementation of Health Promotion Programs, Online Course Director, MPH@GW

PUBH 1101: Introduction to Public Health and Health Services, GW SPH Undergraduate Program

PUBH 6015: Culminating Experience, Online Course Instructor, MPH@GW

PUBH 6503: Introduction to Public Health Communications & Marketing, Online Course Director, MPH@GW

Dr. Andrade was an active volunteer in the GWU community and with Engineers Without Borders-DC Professionals Chapter from 2004-2012. As the Project Director of the Santa Clara, El Salvador project, she led multidisciplinary volunteer and student teams in an effort to bring potable water to Santa Clara, El Salvador (pop. 3,200) and to implement a four-year community-based hygiene promotion program. Dr. Andrade led the development of a diverse partnership for this project, and oversaw multiple needs assessments, grant-writing/fundraising, formative research, training of health promoters, community capacity building/training activities, and implementation and evaluation of the hygiene promotion intervention.

http://www.ewb-dc.org/projects/el-salvador-project/

She was Principal Investigator for three studies related to this project: a public health needs assessment (2004), formative research for the hygiene intervention (2006-2007) and the hygiene intervention evaluation (2008-2012).

Dr. Andrade was recognized in 2008 for her service to the global community in GW Magazine and she was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International in 2010. 

Avance Center for the Advancement of Immigrant/Refugee Health

BRIGHT Institute

Climate and Health Institute

Changing the Narrative on Firearms Violence: A Community Collaborative Intervention (PI Edberg)

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities/National Institutes of Health

9/15/2022-8/31/2027

Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities (MPIs Edberg, Andrade)

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/National Institutes of Health

5/1/2021 - 3/31/2023

Using the Novel Digital Promotora Model to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination and Address Misinformation among Latinos on Social Media (MPIs Abroms, Andrade)

Knight Foundation via the George Washington University Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP)

9/1/2021 – 8/31/2022

Exploring Community Disaster Resilience Determinants and Risk Communication Perceptions in Puerto Rico (PI Andrade)

George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Research Innovation Award Program

July 2019 – June 2021

Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National (PI Guay-Woodford)

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences/National Institutes of Health

July 2016 - June 2021

Living the Example Peer-to-Peer Drug Prevention Program (PI Evans)

Conrad Hilton Foundation

July 2018 – June 2019

Ascertainment of the Estimated Excess Mortality from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (PI Santos-Burgoa)

Government of Puerto Rico

February 2018 – September 2018

Racial/Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (PI Edberg)        

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

September 2014 - September 2018

Victor & Erika Webnovela: Innovations in Health Literacy Outreach and Education (PI Andrade)

Community Science

February 2018 – June 2018

Research Center on Latino Immigrant/Refugee Health Disparities (Avance Center) (PI Edberg)

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities/National Institutes of Health

June 2012 - January 2017

Shattering the Myth 2.0 Intervention Pilot Study (PI Evans)

Conrad Hilton Foundation

January 2016 – December 2016

Santa Clara, El Salvador Potable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Project (PI Andrade)

George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Capital Connection Research Award

American Public Health Association

Colgate-Palmolive Company

Engineers Without Borders

Rotary International and Rotary Club of Glen Burnie, Maryland

Peace Corps

August 2005 – August 2012

Etiologic Frameworks to Prevent Gender Based Violence Among Immigrant Latinos (PI McDonnell)     

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

September 2008 – August 2011

The SAFER Latinos Project: Targeted Primary Prevention to Address Selected Community Risk Factors for Violence in the Latino Community of Langley Park, Maryland (PI Edberg)

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

September 2005 - August 2009

González AI*, Andrade EL^, Abroms LC, Gomez K*, Favetto C*, Gomez V*, Collins KK (2023). Latino Parents’ Reactions and Engagement with a Facebook Group-based COVID-19 Vaccine Promotion Intervention: Mixed Methods Pilot Study. Submitted to: Journal of Medical Internet Research: Formative Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.51331

Andrade EL, González AI*, Wysota CN*, Favetto C*, Gomez K*, Broniatowski D, Abroms LC (2023). Feasibility and Acceptability of Spanish-language Facebook Group on Latino Parents’ COVID-19 Vaccine Beliefs: Case study of the Brigada Digital de Salud, 25 May 2023. Submitted to: BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2909311/v1

Andrade EL, Abroms LC, González AI*, Favetto C*, Gomez V*, Díaz-Ramírez M+, Palacios C+, Edberg MC (2023). Assessing Brigada Digital de Salud Audience Reach and Engagement: A Digital Community Health Worker Model to Address COVID-19 Misinformation in Spanish on Social Media. Vaccines, 11(8):1346. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11081346

Santos-Burgoa C, Garcia-Meza A, Talayero M, Kuenster N, Goldman Hawes A, Andrade EL (2023). Total Excess Mortality Surveillance for Real-Time Decision-Making in Disasters and Crises. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 17, E350. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2023.15

Andrade, EL, Cordova, A, Riggle-van Schagen C, Jula M, Rodriguez-Diaz C, Rivera MI, and Santos-Burgoa C (2022). The impact of Hurricane Maria on individuals living with non-communicable disease in Puerto Rico: the experience of 10 communities. BMC Public Health 22, 2083. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14552-4

Choi SD and Andrade EL (2022). Multiple-Level Fall Risks Associated with Socioeconomic Factors Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review. Industrial and Systems Engineering Review. Indu 10(1). https://doi.org/10.37266/ISER.2022v10i1.pp10-27

Andrade EL, Jula M, Rodriguez-Diaz C, Lapointe L, Edberg MC, Rivera MI, and Santos-Burgoa C. Older Adult Health in Catastrophic Natural Disasters: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1-8. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.305

Andrade EL, Barrett, ND, Edberg MC, Seeger MW, Santos-Burgoa, C (2021). Resilience of Communities in Puerto Rico Following Hurricane María: Community-based Preparedness and Communication Strategies. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1-6. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.306

Evans WD, Andrade EL, Pratt M, Mottern A, Chavez S, Calzetta-Raymond A, Gu J. Peer-to-Peer Social Media as an Effective Prevention Strategy: Quasi-Experimental Evaluation. Journal of Medical Internet Research, MHealth UHealth, 8(5):e16207. https://www.doi.org/10.2196/16207  

Edberg, MC, Cleary, SD, Andrade, EL, Evans, WD, Quinteros-Grady, L, Alvayero, RD, & Gonzalez, A (2021). The Adelante project: Realities, challenges and successes in addressing health disparities among central American immigrant youth. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000368

Andrade EL, Barrett ND, Edberg MC, Rivera MI, Latinovic L, Seeger MW, Goldman-Hawes A, Santos-Burgoa C (2020). Mortality Reporting and Rumor Generation: An Assessment of Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication following Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. International Journal of Crisis and Risk Communication Research, 3(1), 15-48. https://www.doi.org/10.30658/jicrcr.3.1.2

Evans WD, Andrade EL, Barrett ND, Snider J, Cleary SD, Edberg MC (2019). Outcomes of the Adelante Community Social Marketing Campaign for Latino Youth. Health Education Research, cyz016. doi:10.1093/her/cyz016

Andrade EL, Evans WD, Barrett ND, Edberg MC, Cleary SD (2018). Exploring strategies to increase Latino immigrant youth engagement in health promotion using social media. JMIR Public Health Surveill, (Dec 19); 4(4):e71.  https://doi.org/10.2196/publichealth.9332

Santos-Burgoa C, Sandberg J, Suarez Perez EL, Goldman-Hawes A, Zeger S, Garcia-Meza AM, Perez CM, Estrada Merly N, Colon-Ramos U, Nazario CM, Andrade E, Edberg M, Roess A, Goldman LR (2018). Assessment of excess mortality from Hurricane María in Puerto Rico: modeling its time series, and differential and persistent risk. Lancet Planetary Health, 2(11): 478-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30209-2 

Evans WD, Andrade EL, Barrett ND, Cleary SD, Snider J, Edberg MC (2018). The mediating effect of Adelante brand equity on Latino positive youth development outcomes. Journal of Health Communication, 23(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2018.1496205

Barrett ND, Villalba RO, Andrade, EL, Beltran A, Evans WD (2017).  Adelante Ambassadors: Using Digital Media to Facilitate Community Engagement and Risk Prevention for Latino Youth. Journal of Youth Development, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2017.513  

Andrade EL, Evans WD, Barrett ND, Cleary SD, Edberg MC, Alvayero RD, Kierstead EC, Beltran A (2017). Development of the Adelante Social Marketing Campaign for the Prevention of Substance Use, Sexual Risk, and Violence among Latino Youth. Health Education Research, cyx076. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyx076  

Evans WD, Andrade EL, Goldmeer S, Smith M, Snider J, Girardo G (2017). Pilot evaluation of Living the Example Social Media Substance Use Prevention Program. Journal of Internet Medical Research Mental Health, 4(2):e24. https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.7839

Colón-Ramos U, Cremm E, Monge-Rojas R, Edberg MC, Rivera MI, Andrade EL (2017). How Latina mothers navigate a ‘food swamp’ to feed their children: A photovoice approach. Public Health Nutrition, 20(11):1941-1952. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980017000738

Andrade EL, Bingenheimer JB, Edberg MC, Zoerhoff KL, Putzer EM (2017).  Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Community-based Hygiene Promotion Program in a Rural Salvadoran Setting. Global Health Promotion, 0(0):1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975917695072

Cubilla-Batista IC, Andrade EL, Cleary SD, Edberg MC, Evans WD, Simmons LK, Sojo-Lara G (2016). Picturing Adelante: Latino Youth Participate in CBPR Using Place-based Photovoice. Social Marketing Quarterly, 23(1):18-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524500416656586

Edberg MC, Cleary SD, Andrade EL, Evans WD, Simmons L, Cubilla-Batista I (2016). Applying Ecological Positive Youth Development Theory to Address Health Disparities in an Immigrant Latino Community. Health Promotion Practice, 18(4):488-496. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839916638302

Evans WD, Andrade E, Villalba R, Cubilla I, Rivera I, Edberg M (2016). Turning the Corner: Development of the Adelante Program Brand for Latino Youth. Social Marketing Quarterly, 22(1):19-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524500415614838

Andrade EL, Cubilla IB, Simmons LK, Sojo-Lara G, Cleary SD, Edberg MC (2015). Where PYD Meets CBPR: A Photovoice Program for Latino Immigrant Youth. Journal of Youth Development, 10(2):55-71. https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2016.450

Andrade EL, Evans WD, Edberg MC, Cleary SD, Villalba R, Batista IC (2015). Victor and Erika Webvonela: An Innovative Generation @ Audience Engagement Strategy for Prevention. Journal of Health Communication, 20(12):1465-1472. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1018648

Edberg MC, Cleary SD, Simmons LB, Cubilla I, Andrade EL, Gudger G (2015). Defining the “Community”: An Application of Ethnographic Methods for a Latino Immigrant Health Disparities Intervention.  Journal of Human Organization, 74(1):27-41. https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.74.1.6561p4u727582850  

Cleary SD, Simmons L, Cubilla I, Andrade E, Edberg M (2014). Community Sampling: Sampling in an Immigrant Community. Methods in Action Case Studies. Sage Publications.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/978144627305014529519

Edberg MC, Cleary SD, Collins EC (Andrade), Klevens J, et al. (2010). The SAFER Latinos Project: Addressing a Community Ecology Underlying Latino Youth Violence. Journal of Primary Prevention, 31:247-257.

Edberg M, Cleary SD, Andrade E, Leiva R (2010).  SAFER Latinos: A Community Partnership to Address Contributing Factors for Latino Youth Violence.  Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action, 4(3), 221-233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-010-0219-3

Edberg MC, Collins EC (Andrade), Harris, M, McLendon H, Santucci P (2009).  Patterns of HIV/AIDS, STI, Substance Abuse and Hepatitis Risk Among Selected Samples of Latino and African American Youth in Washington, DC.  Journal of Youth Studies, 12(6), 685-709. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676260902897400

Reports and Book Chapters

Santos-Burgoa C, Sandberg J, Andrade EL, Goldman-Hawes A, Suarez Perez EL, Zeger S, Garcia-Meza AM, Barrett ND, Latinovic L, Perez CM, Estrada Merly N, Colon-Ramos U, Nazario CM, Edberg M, Roess A, Goldman LR (2018). Ascertainment of Mortality after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. George Washington University.  https://publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/projects/PRstudy/Acertainment%20of%20the%20Estimated%20Excess%20Mortality%20from%20Hurricane%20Maria%20in%20Puerto%20Rico.pdf

Andrade EL and Zoerhoff KL. Challenges with Implementing a Community-Based Potable Water System Project in a Rural Honduran Community.  In Hunting KL and Gleason BL (eds): Essential Case Studies in Public Health:  Putting Public Health into Practice. Jones and Bartlett Learning, Sudbury MA, 2011.