Sabrina is a senior research director in NORC’s Public Health department. She 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 focused on the health of racial, ethnic, gender, and minority populations through a trauma-informed lens. In addition to project leadership, she 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.
At NORC, Sabrina leads the organizational wide Sexual & Gender Minority research steering committee. She also spearheads the development of the Community-Engaged Research Framework Toolkit that supports NORC staff in conducting community-engaged research with a diversity, racial equity, and inclusion (DREI) lens.
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Education
MSW
University of Michigan
BA
Oakland University
Project Contributions
Publications
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opens in new tab"Substance Misuse and Condomless Sex among Transgender Youth."
Journal Article | October 13, 2021
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opens in new tab"Perspectives on Sexual Health, Sexual Health Education, and HIV Prevention From Adolescent (13–18 Years) Sexual Minority Males."
Journal Article | July 9, 2021
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opens in new tab"Awareness and Willingness to Use Biomedical Prevention Strategies for HIV among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Results from a National Survey."
Journal Article | January 10, 2021
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opens in new tab"Social Media Recruitment for a Web Survey of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: An Evaluation of Methods Used and Resulting Sample Diversity."
Journal Article | November 9, 2020
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opens in new tab"Transgender Youth Experiences and Perspectives Related to HIV Preventive Services."
Journal Article | March 23, 2020
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opens in new tab"Youth-Serving Professionals' Perspectives on HIV Prevention Tools and Strategies Appropriate for Adolescent Gay and Bisexual Males and Transgender Youth."
Journal Article | March 12, 2020
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opens in new tab"Adolescent Health Provider and Sexual and Gender Minority Youth’s Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Comprehensive HIV Preventative Services."
Journal Article | February 16, 2019
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opens in new tab"Social Media Recruitment for Adolescent Sexual Minority Males and Transgender Youth."
Journal Article | August 26, 2018