• Assistant Teaching Professor, Global Health
  • Associate Director, MPH Global Health Program
  • eDGH Instructor
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Hans Rosling Center 786.2
3980 15th Ave.
Box 351620
Seattle, WA 98195
United States

Phone Number: 
206-221-6295
Email: 
rabiy@uw.edu
Biography 

Rabi Yunusa is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Global health at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Rabi, who is also a physician, collaborates with communities and organizations in the USA and Nigeria in closing the equity gaps in healthcare access and wellness for black, African and low-income marginalized communities. She accomplishes these by incorporating Equity, Antiracism and Social Justice lens in all her activities. Her teaching and scholarly activities focus on the intersection of Health policy and violence prevention to improve health access and opportunities for marginalized populations.

 

Education 
  • MPH (University of Washington)
  • MBBS (Ahmadu Bello University)
Country Affiliations 
Languages 
  • Arabic
  • Hausa
  • Melanesian Pidgin
Health Topics 
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Education and Training
  • Female Circumcision
  • Health Disparities
  • Health Interventions
  • Health Policy and Advocacy
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Immigrants and Refugees
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Injury, Violence, Trauma and Domestic Violence
  • Maternal Child Health (incl. Reproductive Health)
  • Mental Health
  • Non-Communicable Diseases
  • Qualitative Research and Methods
  • Race
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Social Justice and Human Rights
  • War, Conflict, and Peace Studies
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