Adhia, Avanti

CSDE Research Affiliate

Avanti Adhia

Assistant Professor, Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
University of Washington
Box: 356320

CSDE Research Areas:

Health of People and Populations
Wellbeing of Families and Households

In the News:

Bender, Ellyson, Adhia and Colleagues Examine Survivor-centered Approaches to Address Sexual Violence Amongst College Student-athletes (04/19/2024)
New Study by Adhia and Co-authors Evaluates State Laws Addressing Teen Dating Violence (03/21/2024)
Ellyson, Adhia, Rowhani-Rahbar, and Colleagues Study Threats, Violence, and Weapon Use Against Children in Domestic Violence (02/22/2024)
Sexual Violence Among LGBTQ+ Youth is Subject of New Research by Adhia and Bekemeier (11/09/2023)
Adhia and Co-Authors Publish New Work on Barriers to Reporting Sexual Violence Among College Athletes (04/30/2023)
New Multi-State Study on Sexual Violence Among College Athletes From Adhia & Co-Authors (05/06/2022)
CSDE Welcomes Four More Faculty Affiliates! (03/08/2021)
Call for Abstracts: PAA 2021 Applied Demography Conference (10/02/2020)
Adhia Receives K99 Award from NICHD! (07/19/2020)

Avanti Adhia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. She received her doctorate in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University. The goal of her research is to prevent interpersonal violence by (1) understanding its causes and consequences and (2) evaluating the role of laws, policies and interventions in reducing violence. She uses multiple, interdisciplinary methods to examine the social and structural determinants of intimate partner violence and sexual violence.