Nafeesa Andrabi
About Nafeesa Andrabi
Nafeesa Andrabi is a Predoctoral Fellow currently working at the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. She focuses on health disparities and the impact of race and inequality on health outcomes in the United States.
Work at National Science Foundation
Nafeesa Andrabi has been a Graduate Research Fellow at the National Science Foundation (NSF) since 2019. Her tenure at NSF spans five years, during which she has engaged in research that integrates multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological approaches. This role allows her to contribute to significant studies related to health disparities and the experiences of race in the United States.
Current Role at National Institutes of Health
Since 2018, Nafeesa Andrabi has served as a Predoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In this position, she focuses on understanding the mental and physical health consequences of Muslim racialization in the United States. Her research is part of a collaborative effort to study the historical and contemporary measurement of race and ethnicity in population health research.
Education and Expertise
Nafeesa Andrabi earned her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied from 2017 to 2022. Prior to that, she completed her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology with Distinction at Occidental College from 2012 to 2014. Her academic background includes a focus on health disparities and the impact of subjective experiences of inequality on health outcomes.
Professional Experience
Nafeesa Andrabi has a diverse professional background. She worked as a Project Assistant at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California from 2014 to 2016 and later as a Project Specialist in the Health, Emotion and Addiction Laboratory from 2016 to 2017. Additionally, she held various roles at Occidental College, including STATA Computer Assistant and Econometrics Teaching Assistant, contributing to her expertise in research and data analysis.
Research Focus and Funding
Nafeesa Andrabi's research is supported by both the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Her work examines how subjective experiences of inequality affect health across the life course, with particular attention to immune function and cardiovascular health. She is part of a collaborative team that studies the implications of race and ethnicity in population health.