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Current Projects

Examining MENA and South Asian American neighborhood context and healthcare access (Dissertation)

Description: A quantitative study of neighborhood context and health insurance status among adult (ages 18 years and older) MENA and South Asian Americans in California. 

Principal Investigator: Angubeen Khan, MPH, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Role: Principal Investigator

Funder: California Center for Population Research, NICHD T32 Predoctoral Fellowship

Amount: $31,200

The effects of citizenship status and race on contraceptive use (Dissertation)

Description: An examination of citizenship status and race/ethnicity on contraceptive method use among cis-gender, heterosexual women of reproductive age in California. 

Principal Investigator: Angubeen Khan, MPH, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Role: Principal Investigator

Funder: Society of Family Planning, Emerging Scholars Program

Amount: $7,500

The BRAVE Study: Raising Voices. Raising Health.

Description: Understanding the social networks and economic, social, and health needs of California’s undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander public college students and recent graduates.

Principal Investigator: Dr. May Sudhinaraset, PhD, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Role: Research Assistant

Past Projects

Migration and Health of "Left-Behind" Women

Description: An examination of the effects of spousal migration status on perinatal healthcare utilization outcomes of Bangladeshi women who are left-behind.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Randall Kuhn, PhD, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Role: Research Assistant

Funder: UCLA Graduate Division, Summer Mentored Research Funding

Award Amount: $6,000

Contraceptive Intentions of Adolescent Girls in Kebbi, Nigeria

Description: A study of adolescent empowerment and early contraceptive intentions among secondary school girls in Northwest Nigeria. 

Principal Investigator: Dr. Paula Tavrow, PhD, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Role: Research Assistant

Arab American Women's Reproductive Health Project​

Description: A mixed-methods study of prevalence and consequences of intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion in an Arab American community in Michigan.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Yasamin Kusunoki, PhD, University of Michigan School of Nursing

Role: Project Coordinator

Funder(s): MICHR Health Disparities Summer Research Program; University of Michigan Islamic Studies Program Graduate Student Research Award, University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women Riecker Graduate Student Fund

Amount: $8,844

Youth Empowerment Solutions - Positive Futures

Description: Testing a youth violence and substance abuse prevention intervention using a youth empowerment and community engagement framework. 

Principal Investigator: Dr. Sarah Stoddard, PhD, University of Michigan School of Nursing

Role: Project coordinator

Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive Coercion Screening and Counseling Intervention

Description: Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and need for a screening intervention on intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion in family planning settings.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Yasamin Kusunoki, PhD, University of Michigan School of Nursing

Role: Research Assistant

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