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Sabrina Avripas

Principal Research Director
Public Health
Sabrina has expertise in studies focused on the health of racial, ethnic, and minority populations through a trauma-informed lens.

Sabrina has over 20 years of experience leading, managing, and designing research projects for federal organizations, private foundations, and academic institutions. She brings to her work training in clinical social work and public health research and experience using a variety of methods in an interdisciplinary context.

Specifically, Sabrina provides leadership and multi-mode methodological expertise to studies and is active in all levels of business development ranging from the development of proposals for small private and not-for-profit organizations to grant administration for large federal institutions.

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Expertise

Education

MSW

University of Michigan

BA

Oakland University

Project Contributions

Emerging Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for People Aging with HIV

Helping HRSA evaluate strategies to improve the health of older adults with HIV

Client:

Health Resources and Services Administration

Adolescent SBIRT Initiative: Preparing the Health Professional Workforce

Preparing Health Professionals to Screen and Intervene for Youth Substance Use and Mental Health Risk

Client:

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Environments Promoting Wellness & Resilience (EmPWR) Evaluation

Exploring the influence of the built environment on mental health and well-being within domestic violence shelters

Funder:

New York City Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity)

BLAAC PD Study Recruitment and Engagement Support

Technical assistance for efforts to transform the understanding of Parkinson’s genetics

Funder:

Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP)

Survey of Today’s Adolescent Relationships & Transitions

Understanding sexual behavior of Black and Latino young men to prevent HIV

Client:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health

A Study of Women’s Health Needs in the U.S.

A major study of women in the U.S. from countries with high rates of female genital mutilation

Client:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health

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