She has published numerous articles and chapters on social policy issues related to diversity, health, and aging as well as four books, Health and Living Arrangements of the Elderly (Garland Publishing, 1991), Painful Inheritance: Health and the New Generation of Fatherless Families (University of Wisconsin Press, 1993), Who Will Care for Us? Aging and Long-Term Care in Multicultural America (New York University Press, 1997), jointly with Ronald Angel, and The Health of Aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin Population, Co-Edited with Keith Whitfield (Springer, 2007). Her most recent book is entitled: Inheritance in Contemporary America: The Social Dimensions of Giving Across Generations (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007).

Dr. Angel was appointed to the U.S. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health NIA Behavior and Social Science of Aging Review Committee between 2004-07 which she also chaired for two years. Additionally, she has served on several advisory state government health and human services committees. She is also past Board President of Family Eldercare, Inc. and was appointed to the President's Council in 2003. At the LBJ School, she teaches courses on policy development with respect to gender, health, and social welfare programs.

In 2000, she was elected a Fellow of The Gerontological Society of America.

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