Through a mixed methods study and in collaboration with a community organization in Puerto Rico, Abrania’s research seeks to assess agricultural resources, social connectedness, and physiological stress after Hurricane Maria.
Abrania is a doctoral student completing a degree in Population Health Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research interests seek to investigate the intersection of health, environmental sustainability, and human flourishing. Currently, her work integrates methods in nutritional epidemiology and planetary health to identify points of intervention in food systems that can promote healthful diets, climate change resilience, and sustainable agricultural development.