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Sara Abelson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Urban Health and Population Science
- About Me
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Research Interests
- Adolescent and young adult mental health
- Health equity
- Social determinants of health
- Structural and systemic drivers of health inequities and structural and policy interventions for advancing health equity
- School settings as
- 1) influencers of youth and young adult health and health equity and
- 2) opportunities for intervening to promote health, health equity, and wellbeing
- Psychological interventions for improving mental health and student success
- Bridging research, policy, and practice in higher education to reduce inequities
- Education, Training & Credentials
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Educational Background
- PhD, School of Public Health University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- MPH, School of Public Health University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Memberships
- Association of American Colleges & Universities, Future Leaders Society
- American Public Health Association
- American Psychological Association
- American College Health Association
- Consortium of Higher Education LGBTQ Resource Professionals
- American Educational Research Association
- Association for the Study of Higher Education
Honors & Awards
- K. Patricia Cross Future Leader Award, American Association of Colleges & Universities
- Angus Campbell Scholar Award, Institute for Social Research
- Best Paper in Child Health Policy, Child Health Evaluation & Research Center
- Lewis Barbato Award, American College Health Association
- Susan Lipschhutz Award, University of Michigan
- George Orley Mental Health Advocate Award
- Quantitative Methods of Social Research Training Award, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
- Margaret Dow Towsley Scholar Award, Center for the Education of Women+
- Cornell University David Moriah Leadership Award
- Publications
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Digital Bibliography