Current Projects
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis among Middle Eastern and South Asian Women in the U.S.
Description: A secondary data analysis of breast and cervical cancer screening and incidence among MENA and South Asian women using the National Health Interview Survey.
Role: Principal Investigator
Funder: University of Michigan Population Studies Center
Amount: $6,200
Examining MENA and South Asian American neighborhood contexts and health
Description: A secondary data analysis of the American Community Survey on neighborhood context and health insurance status among adult (ages 18 years and older) MENA and South Asian Americans in California.
Role: Principal Investigator
Funder: California Center for Population Research
Amount: $31,200
Citizenship status and contraceptive use of Latina and Asian immigrants in California
Description: An examination of the California Health Interview Survey to examine citizenship status and race/ethnicity on contraceptive method use among cis-gender, heterosexual women of reproductive age in California.
Role: Principal Investigator
Funder: Society of Family Planning, Emerging Scholars Program
Amount: $7,500
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.
Role: Project Coordinator, Graduate Student Investigator under mentorship of Dr. Yasamin Kusunoki
Funder(s): Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, University of Michigan Islamic Studies Program, University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women
Amount: $8,844 (PI), $35,000 (co-author of grants)
Past Projects
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
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
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