Maissa Al Adhami

Researcher at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Social Medicine/CHAP

Email:
maissa.aladhami[AT-sign]pubcare.uu.se
Visiting address:
BMC, Husargatan 3, Uppsala
Postal address:
Box 564
751 22 Uppsala

Associated Researcher at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Social Medicine/CHAP

Email:
maissa.aladhami[AT-sign]pubcare.uu.se
Visiting address:
BMC, Husargatan 3, Uppsala
Postal address:
Box 564
751 22 Uppsala

Affiliated Researcher at Department of Women's and Children's Health, Swedesd - Sustainability Learning and Research Centre

Email:
maissa.aladhami[AT-sign]kbh.uu.se
Visiting address:
MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjöldsväg 14B, 1 tr
75237 Uppsala
Postal address:
Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA

Short presentation

My research interest is within the topic of migration and health. Specifically, I study factors that influence migrants' health and mitigate mental ill-health in the early post-migration phase. My research area include refugee migrants’ health in the Swedish setting, social determinants of health, qualitative and quantitative methodology, health equity and integration discourses. I am currently working as a researcher and teacher at the department of Public Health and Caring Sciences.

Keywords: quantitative methods qualitative methods public health social capital • migration and integration • refugee studies health literacy post migration

With a background in humanities turned public health scientist, my passion is embedded in my skills and expertise: Health promotion, mental health and well-being, health equity, epidemiology & social medicine

I have a degree in Oriental Studies from Uppsala University and a master’s degree in global health from Karolinska Institutet. I have also studied civil law, national law and EU law at Uppsala University. I have fifteen years of work experience as a program manager and analyst in Karolinska Institutet in the field of international education and research collaboration. I obtained my doctoral degree from Uppsala University in May 2023 with the thesis "Health of refugee migrants in the early post-migration phase in Sweden - The role of health resources and health promotion."

I am a member of Swedish Chapter of Women in Global Health (WGH) and Support Platform for Migration and Health, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration (MILSA).

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Maissa Al Adhami