Mawani, Farah

B. Arts Sc (Hon), MSc, PhD

Faculty of Health, School of Public Health and Social Policy

Biography:

Dr. Mawani is a social and psychiatric epidemiologist applying an anti-racist approach to implementation science to address social exclusion, systemic racism, and discrimination as drivers of social and mental health inequities. She specializes in migration, precarious work, gender-based violence, and decolonial global mental health. Her research and teaching are shaped by insight from her lived experience of migration and social exclusion, combined with years of experience conducting community-based research embedded in policy, health system, and community environments.

Research areas of interest:

Social exclusion, systemic racism and discrimination, mental health, community engaged research, implementation science

Research Themes:

Maternal & Fetal Health Sexual and Reproductive Health Chronic Disease Global Health

Website: https://www.uvic.ca/health/publichealthsocialpolicy/faculty-staff/home/faculty/profiles/mawani-farah.php

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