- Associate Director, MPH Program, Global Health
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Global Health
- eDGH Instructor
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Rabi Yunusa, MD,MPH, is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. Her research interests in public and global health stem from her lived experiences of being affected by structural and social violence. Her research and work focus on the negative role of structural violence on the health of communities and preventing violence against women and girls in resource limited settings. Rabi collaborates with communities in the USA, Ghana and Nigeria in bringing Equity, Antiracism and Social Justice lens in her activities. She identifies as an African American Muslim woman with roots in Nigeria where she is also a practicing physician and does work related to her research interests.
- MPH (University of Washington)
- MBBS (Ahmadu Bello University)
- Arabic
- Hausa
- Melanesian Pidgin
- 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
Refereed Research Publications
2022 Benki-Nugent, S. F., Yunusa, R., Mueni, A., Laboso, T., Tamasha, N., Njuguna, I., Gómez, L., Wamalwa, D. C., Tapia, K., Maleche-Obimbo, E., Bangirana, P., Boivin, M. J., & John-Stewart, G. C. (2022). Lower Neurocognitive Functioning in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children Compared with that in HIV-Unexposed Children. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 89(4), 441–447. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002881
2025 Yunusa R, Abdallah M, Abubakar D, Tukur I, Yuguda N, Shitu M, Muyideen A, Tureczek A, Onajite I, Mukasa D, Jaman P. Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with Disabilities: Family Planning Practice and Need in Gusau, Zamfara State, NW Nigeria. Open Public Health J, 2025; 18:e18749445377474 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0118749445377474250318045029
2026 Yunusa R., Jaman P., Tureczek A., Joof P., Mukasa D. Understanding and Preventing Gender-based Intimate Partner Violence among West African Immigrants of Washington State, USA. Community-Based Participatory Research. Open Public Health J, 2026; 19: e18749445451237. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0118749445451237260226051346
Other Non-Refereed Published Scholarly Publications
2010 Thesis: Yunusa, R., Household Expenditure on Malaria in Samaru Community, Zaria: A mixed method study
2018 Roll, A., Ahmed, S., Yunusa, R., Improving Viral Hepatitis Outreach in Snohomish County: A Process Evaluation. Shared with Snohomish County Health District, WA
2019 Thesis: Yunusa, R., Chapman, R., Frey, S., Rao, D. Barriers and Facilitators to Care-Seeking among Pregnant and Postnatal HIV Positive Women in Rural Northwestern Nigeria: A Qualitative study of the social determinants of PMTCT success.
2023 Yunusa, R., Agata, M., Collom, M., Gao, L., Hong, K., Ngamsiripol, M. Holding Landlords Accountable for Mold Growth and Clean-Up in Whatcom County. A policy analysis of RCW59.18.060 for Tenants Revolt Advocacy organization.
2023 Yunusa, R., West, K., and Ganti, A. (2023). Community Collaborative Experiential Learning Framework for Public Health Education. UW Department of Health Systems and Population Health, UW School of Public Health.
2025 Op-ed. Yunusa, R. Call to Action: The Unintended Consequences of Canceling PEPFAR. JOJ Pub Health Juniper Online Journal of Public Health. 2025; 9(3): 555765. DOI: 10.19080/JOJPH.2024.09.555765.
In the News
2024 Edmonds news. Addressing Domestic Violence among West African Women.
2024 SPH Blog. SPH UW Martin Luther King Community Service Award.