Education
PhD University of California Los Angeles, 2016
MPH University of California Los Angeles,
BA Economics, Government, Smith College,
Contact
Bio
Mienah Z. Sharif takes a social justice, global and intersectional approach towards examining the nature and determinants of health inequities among racial and ethnic minority groups across the lifecourse. She is especially interested in addressing questions about the influence of structural factors, differential exposure to adverse social conditions and psychosocial factors on indicators of health and wellbeing across various life stages. She is currently extending her work on racism and discrimination to examine religious identity as a form of structural inequality via the racialization of religion. As a mixed-methods researcher, she prioritizes community-engaged research that aims to guide health and social policies addressing inequities.
Research Areas
Research Interests
Social epidemiology, social determinants of health, Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP), health equity across the lifecourse, health implications of racism, immigrant and refugee health
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2023 Jan 9)
Health Promot Pract
Sharif MZ, Maghbouleh N, Baback Boozary AS
(2022 Nov)
Am J Public Health 112(11): 1662-1667
Riley T, Zia Y, Samari G, Sharif MZ
(2022 Summer)
Ethn Dis 32(3): 243-256
Amani B, Cabral A, Sharif MZ, Huỳnh J, Skrine Jeffers K, Baptista SA, McAndrew B, Bradford NJ, de la Rocha P, Ford CL
(2022 Summer)
Ethn Dis 32(3): 257-264
Bradford NJ, Amani B, Walker VP, Sharif MZ, Ford CL
(2021)
Front Public Health 9(): 676783
Sharif MZ, García JJ, Mitchell U, Dellor ED, Bradford NJ, Truong M
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