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