Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
Sahnah Lim, PhD, MPH, MIA, is an assistant professor who is leading the Gender Equity scientific track and Mental Health scientific track at the Department of Population Health's Section for Health Equity. As a health equity researcher, Dr. Lim conducts applied, community-engaged studies that seek to address gender-related health issues among hard-to-reach populations such as sex workers and immigrant survivors of gender-based violence. Her research uses intersectionality and syndemics frameworks to understand how multiple marginalization impacts mental and sexual health outcomes. Dr. Lim is a mixed-methods researcher, with expertise in psychosocial statistics and survey methods.
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Graduate Advisor, Population Health Sciences PhD Program
PhD from Johns Hopkins University
MPH from Columbia University
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