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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

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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.