Throughout her career, she has published over 120 peer-reviewed monographs, articles, and educational pamphlets[2] including the Principles of Global Child Health: Education and Research (AAP Books, 2019),[6]Ending the War Against Children: The Rights of Children to Live Free of Violence (Elsevier, 2021),[7] and Leadership at the Intersection of Gender & Race in Healthcare and Science: Case Studies and Tools (Routledge, 2022).[8]
Early life and education
Danielle Laraque-Arena was born along with two brothers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, daughter of Paul and Marcelle Laraque. Her grandparents ran a pharmacy, and her grandfather was a physician. Her father was a poet, activist, and critic of Haitian president François Duvalier. He fled Haiti for Spain in 1960 when Duvalier's police were targeting political dissidents. He then immigrated to the United States in 1961; Marcelle joined him in 1962, and their children and a grandmother joined them soon afterward, when Danielle was 7 years old. The family lived in Queens in New York City. There her father initially worked as a parking attendant at New York University and her mother became a clerk at the United Nations.[9][10][11]
In the mid-1980s, she joined Columbia University's faculty, where she worked at Harlem Hospital during the US's AIDS epidemic.[5] There she developed three teams to evaluate and treat abused and neglected children. From 2000 to 2010, she worked as professor of pediatrics and of preventative medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and was the chief of the general pediatrics division, as well as vice-chair of public policy and advocacy there. She later became a professor of pediatrics at the Einstein College of Medicine, part of Yeshiva University.[11]
Laraque-Arena is also a prolific author, having published over 120 peer-reviewed monographs, book chapters, media resources, and educational pamphlets including the Principles of Global Child Health: Education and Research (2019), Ending the War Against Children: The Rights of Children to Live Free of Violence (2021), and Leadership at the Intersection of Gender & Race in Healthcare and Science: Case Studies and Tools (2022).
Throughout her career, she has mentored hundreds of young physicians and academics, and served on the National Academy of Medicine's Committee on Integrating Primary Care and Public Health, as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics' Board of Directors.[2] Additionally, she is a former President of the Academic Pediatric Association[15] and Co-chair the Governor of New York's Task Force on Maternal Mortality and Disparate Racial Outcomes.[16] She currently serves on the board of Prevent Child Abuse America,[17] Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation (of which she is President),[18] and Vaccinate Your Family (of which she served as Chair).[19]
Personal life
Laraque-Arena is married to Luigi Arena, a retired radiologist.[5] The two met while she was a freshman in college and Arena was a visiting Fulbright Scholar from Italy earning a master's degree in New York.[11] Together they have two adult children, Marc Anthony and Julia Marie.[10]
Laraque, D.; Arena, L.; Karp, J.; Gruskay, D. (July 1990). "Bone mineral content in black pre-schoolers: Normative data using single photon absorptiometry". Pediatric Radiology. 20 (6): 461–463. doi:10.1007/bf02075209. ISSN0301-0449. PMID2392364. S2CID33225077.[21]
Laraque-Arena, Danielle; Frintner, Mary Pat; Cull, William L. (May 2016). "Underserved Areas and Pediatric Resident Characteristics: Is There Reason for Optimism?". Academic Pediatrics. 16 (4): 401–410. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2015.10.004. ISSN1876-2859. PMID26499406.[24]
↑ Laraque‑Arena, Danielle, Lauren Germain, Virginia Young, and Rivers Laraque‑Ho, eds. Leadership at the Intersection of Gender and Race in Healthcare and Science: Case Studies and Tools. Routledge Key Themes in Health and Society. New York: Routledge (Taylor & Francis), May 27, 2024. ISBN 9781032309712.
↑ Laraque, Danielle (February 1, 1990). "Blood Lead, Calcium Status, and Behavior in Preschool Children". Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 144 (2): 186–9.
↑ Laraque, D.; Arena, L.; Karp, J.; Gruskay, D. (July 1990). "Bone mineral content in black pre-schoolers: Normative data using single photon absorptiometry". Pediatric Radiology. 20 (6): 461–463.
↑ Laraque, Danielle; Barlow, Barbara; Durkin, Maureen; Howell, Joy; Cladis, Franklyn; Friedman, David; DiScala, Carla; Ivatury, Rao; Stahl, William (July 1995). "Children who are shot: A 30-year experience". Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 30 (7): 1072–1076.
↑ Laraque, Danielle (May 2011). "Global Child Health: Reaching the Tipping Point for All Children". Academic Pediatrics. 11 (3): 226–233.
↑ Laraque-Arena, Danielle; Frintner, Mary Pat; Cull, William L. (May 2016). "Underserved Areas and Pediatric Resident Characteristics: Is There Reason for Optimism?". Academic Pediatrics. 16 (4): 401–410.
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