EP100 The SAHARA Initiative: Championing South Asian Health Research

I AM GPH

Supriya Lal is a recent graduate of GPH with Master of Public Health concentrating in Public Health Nutrition, who also received her undergraduate degree in the Global Public Health program at NYU. On campus, Supriya worked as a Graduate Research Assistant and as a Project Coordinator for the SAHARA Initiative. The SAHARA or South Asian Health and Research Initiative was created at GPH in 2019 by professor Dr. Niyati Parekh to foster collaboration and research on the health needs of migrant South Asians, an underserved community in the U.S. with many health disparities. The initiative has collectively published many articles and conference abstracts and continues to explore grant opportunities that expand and advance South Asian health research at GPH. As a Project Coordinator, Supriya had a front-row seat to many of the projects and studies being done through the group as well as its inner workings and operation. In this episode, Supriya tells me more about the group- its inception and mission and shares more on some of the fascinating studies that have been taking place, including one she’s working on with current GPH Ph.D. candidate Bridget Murphy on Food Frequency Questionaries and the South Asian community.

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