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