Dolores Acevedo-Garcia is a professor of Human Behavior, Research, & Policy and director of the Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development at the Boston University School of Social Work. Her research focuses on the social determinants of racial and ethnic inequities in health (e.g., residential segregation, neighborhood inequality, immigrant integration) and the role of social policies in reducing those inequities (e.g., housing, anti-poverty, immigrant policies). She received her PhD from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. 

She is project director of diversitydatakids.org, a comprehensive research program on racial and ethnic equity in child opportunity and well-being.  Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the project produces rigorous equity-focused data tools and research, including its flagship Child Opportunity Index and Policy Equity Assessments, and collaborates with researchers, organizations, and agencies to expand children’s opportunities to reach their full potential.