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Mansha Mirza

Associate Professor

Occupational Therapy

Disability and Human Development

Contact

Building & Room:

346 AHSB

Address:

1919 W. Taylor St.

Office Phone:

312.355.5427

CV Download:

CV-2023-2.pdf

About

Dr. Mirza’s scholarly interests address health and social service disparities among low-income, underserved communities, with a special focus on immigrant and refugee newcomers. She is currently leading/co-leading research projects that seek to enhance services for these communities through community-engaged and culturally-informed adaptations of existing evidence-based interventions. Dr. Mirza teaches a graduate elective course on Disability and Global Health and is also involved in teaching courses in the Research Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice series in the Entry-level Occupational Therapy Doctorate curriculum. Dr. Mirza is a member of the Health Disparities and Social Justice for Underserved Populations and Communities Scholarship of Practice Community within the Department of Occupational Therapy.

Selected Grants

Social Science Research Council, Refugees, Rights, Resettlement, Principal Investigator

Administration for Community Living, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research, Promoting Obesity Prevention among Latino Children with Developmental Disabilities and their Families through Engaged Research, Site Co Principal Investigator

National Institute on Aging, UIC Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation, Piloting the IPROACTIF intervention to preserve independence and functioning, Principal Investigator

Selected Publications

Service to Community

Dr. Mirza's scholarship builds on her collaborations with community organizations in the Chicago area, such as the Grupo SALTO, the Arc of Illinois, and the Marjorie Kovler Center for torture survivors. Dr. Mirza has previously served on the Illinois Refugee Health Task Force, a coalition of refugee resettlement agencies, health centers, and other community-based agencies in Chicago.

Professional Leadership

Member, American Occupational Therapy Association

Member at Large, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine - International Special Interest Group Executive Committee

Co-Chair, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine - International Special Interest Group Refugee Empowerment Task Force

Member, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Asian Americans

Notable Honors

2015-16, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Education

BS, Occupational Therapy, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 2002
M., Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2004
PhD, Disability Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010
Postdoctoral MS, Health Services and Outcomes Research, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2012

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