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Current Projects

          Technology-Based Gender-Based Violence Among University Students in Karachi, Pakistan

          Description: A mixed-methods exploratory study of prevalence, consequences, and social attitudes toward technology-based forms of gender-        

          based violence among students across two university campuses in Pakistan. 

          Role: Co-investigator

          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​

 

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: $13,844 (PI), $35,000 (co-author of grants)

Past Projects

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

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

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