Developing a Protocol for Virtual Delivery of a Transdiagnostic Mental Health Intervention Among Afghan Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Turkey
PI: Mitra Naseh
Co-PI’s: Nur Soylu Yalcinkaya, Yasemin Sohtorik İlkmen, Ceren Acartürk
Research Assistant: Meena Safi
This pilot study is funded by the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, WashU Global Health Center, and WashU Here & Next and aims to develop a Protocol for the virtual Delivery of culturally adapted cognitive behavioral therapy plus problem management (CA-CBT+) among Afghan refugees in Turkey.
Project duration: 2023-2024
Economic Integration and Poverty Among the Newly Resettled Afghans: A Pilot Study
PI: Mitra Naseh
Research Assistants: Valencia Alvarez, Meena Safi
Project Coordinator: Ali Mora
This pilot study is funded by the Russell Sage Foundation and aims to explore the economic integration of newly resettled Afghans in St. Louis, MO, and Portland, OR from a multidimensional perspective.
Project duration: 2022-2024
Exploring the Role of Social Position and Administrative Barriers in the Multidimensional Economic Integration of Newly Resettled Afghans in St. Louis
PI: Mitra Naseh
Co-PI’s: Rachel Brown, David Rigby
Research Assistant: Ali Mora
This project is funded by the WashU Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and aims to explore the role of administrative barriers as well as social position in the relationship between initial support and multidimensional economic integration among newly resettled Afghans in St. Louis.
Project duration: 2023-2024
Health implications of family separation as a result of migration policies in the United States
PI: Mitra Naseh
Co-PI: Adriana Aldana
Research Assistant: Ian Sutherland
This study is a systematic review of the literature exploring the impacts of forced family separation, fear of family separation, and family separation by constrained choices as the result of migration policies in the U.S. on the mental health of impacted children and their caregivers.
Project duration: 2021-2023
Health implications of migration integration policies for highly educated immigrants in the United States
PI: Mitra Naseh
Research Assistant: Ian Sutherland
This qualitative study is funded by the Portland State University Faculty Enhancement Grant and aims to explore the impacts of restrictive migration integration policies on the mental health of highly educated immigrants who intend to stay in the US.
Project duration: 2021-2023
The protecting role of ethnic networks during COVID-19: A pilot study among Afghan refugees in St. Louis
PI: Mitra Naseh
Co-PI’s: Proscovia Nabunya, Nhial Tutlam, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Sunny Lin
Research Assistants: Valencia Alvarez, Meena Safi
Project Coordinator: Ali Mora
This study is funded by the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, Neidorff Family, and Centene Corporation COVID & Health Disparity Response Fund, and aims to explore the role of ethnic networks and social connectedness in buffering the negative health impacts of COVID-19 among Afghan refugees in St. Louis.
Project duration: 2023-2025