Ann W. Nguyen

Ann W. Nguyen is an Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University. She earned her PhD, MSW, and MS from the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on social gerontology and mental health disparities, specifically examining racial discrimination, social isolation, and spirituality as determinants of anxiety disorders and sleep quality among African American and Black Caribbean populations. Recent publications explore the role of subjective and structural social isolation in anxiety disorders, religion's impact on anxiety among Black Americans, and neighborhood social cohesion's effects on isolation in older adults. She has received the ADRC REC Rising Star Award and the Faculty Diversity Excellence Award (2023). Her collaborations span institutions including the University of Toronto, University of the West Indies, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.