Faculty

Mienah Z. Sharif

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology


Education

PhD University of California Los Angeles, 2016
MPH University of California Los Angeles,
BA Economics, Government, Smith College,

Contact


Box 351619
Department of Epidemiology
Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, 871B
Seattle, WA 98195

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 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)

Disparities in Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences.
(2024 Mar 11)
J Am Board Fam Med 37(1): 73-83
Alcalá HE, Ng AE, Tkach N, Yue D, Sharif M

East is east … or is it? Racialization of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Pacific Islander persons.
(2023 Dec 20)
Epidemiol Rev 45(1): 93-104
Gee GC, Chien J, Sharif MZ, Penaia C, Tran E

COVID-19 Disparities Among Arab, Middle Eastern, and West Asian Populations in Toronto: Implications for Improving Health Equity Among Middle Eastern and North African Communities in the United States.
(2023 Jan 9)
Health Promot Pract
Sharif MZ, Maghbouleh N, Baback Boozary AS

Abortion Criminalization: A Public Health Crisis Rooted in White Supremacy.
(2022 Nov)
Am J Public Health 112(11): 1662-1667
Riley T, Zia Y, Samari G, Sharif MZ

Integrated Methods for Applying Critical Race Theory to Qualitative COVID-19 Equity Research.
(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

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