Shikha Chandarana, PhD, MS

Dr. Shikha Chandarana is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Global and Community Health at George Mason University. She is also a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Health Equity at Georgetown University Medical Center’s Department of Family Medicine and the Robert Graham Center. Her work focuses on advancing health equity through research, teaching, and policy engagement.

Research Interests

• Intimate partner violence and gender-based violence prevention
• Immigrant and refugee health and social determinants of health
• Maternal and child health disparities in the U.S. and globally
• Queer health and health equity among sexual and gender minorities
• Health systems and policy approaches to primary care access and equity

Select Publications

• Chandarana, S., Rai, A., & Ravi, K. (2024). Gender Differences in Intimate Partner Violence Cause Attribution in South Asian Immigrants in the United States: Implications for Practice [Brief Note]. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services.
• Ullman C., Amin A., Bourassa A., Chandarana S., Dutra F. & Ellsberg, M. (2024). Interventions to prevent violence against women and girls globally: a global systematic review of reviews to update the RESPECT women framework. BMJ Global Health.
• Chandarana, S., Nagaraj, N. C., Landry, M. M. & Vyas, A. N., (2023). Exploring Voice and Agency Among Adolescents in South Asia: A Vignettes-Based Approach. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth.

Degrees

• PhD, Social and Behavioral Science, George Washington University