Mansha Parven Mirza
Email Address: mmirza2@uic.eduCollege: Applied Health Sciences Department: Occupational Therapy
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: 346 AHSB Phone: 55427
Webpage: http://www.ahs.uic.edu/ot/facultyresearch/profiles/name,10050,en.html
Participating in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards program: Yes
Research Interest:
Broad Research Interests:
Various aspects of immigrant health, refugee health and global health
Civic engagement with immigrants and people with disabilities
Community based participatory research
Specific Current Research Focus:
Healthcare access and service disparities for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions in refugee communities. Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 5 Qualifications of a Student:
2.50 gpa or higher
Prior experience in research preferred
Certification in human subjects research ethics required through UIC's institutional review board
Experience working with ethnic minority groups preferred
Preferred majors: anthropology, psychology, pre-occupational therapy, information and decision sciences Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
Tasks will depend on the student's background and prior experiences and could include:
1. developing data collections instruments
2. assisting with data collection procedures such as focus groups
3. database development
4. day-to-day grant operations
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