Elizabeth Andrade is Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health and the Administrative Core Director of the Avance Center for the Advancement of Immigrant/Refugee Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University. As a behavioral scientist, Dr. Andrade is committed to public health practice and research that advances the well-being of communities in development and populations that experience health disparities. Dr. Andrade has worked extensively with immigrant Latino populations in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area and with communities in Latin America for the conduct of community-based participatory research using mixed methods. She has been involved in numerous rigorous NIH- and CDC-funded health disparities and research grants in the areas of substance abuse, sexual risk, youth and intimate partner violence, obesity and chronic disease prevention, environmental health, and water/sanitation/hygiene. With expertise in planning and evaluation of culturally-tailored interventions, her work has focused on community engagement for health promotion and disease prevention, assessing determinants of health, planning targeted interventions, developing bilingual training and education materials, media and messaging campaigns, and the use of innovative communication approaches for prevention, including entertainment education.