Faculty Directory
Nadia N. Abuelezam
Associate Professor
Nadia N. Abuelezam
Sc.D.
Contact
Maloney Hall 348
Telephone: 617-552-2312
Email: nadia.abuelezam@bc.edu
Education
- B.S., Harvey Mudd College
- Sc.D., Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research Interests
Epidemiology, infectious diseases, immigrant health, biostatistics, race
Expertise
- Health Equity Minority Health
- Infectious Disease
- Public Health
Selected Publications
- Awad GH, Abuelezam NN, Ajrouch KJ, and Stiffler MJ. (2022). Lack of Arab or Middle Eastern and North African Health Data Undermines Assessment of Health Disparities. American Journal of Public Health, 112, 209-212. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306590
- Abuelezam NN, Cuevas A, Galea S, Hawkins SS. (2022). Contested racial identity and the health of women and their infants. Preventive Medicine, 155, 106965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.106965
- Abouhala, S, Hamidaddin A, Taye M… Abuelezam NN. (2021). A national survey assessing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Arab Americans. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01158-6
- Abuelezam, N.N., El-Sayed, A.M., Galea, S., & Gordon, N.P. (2021). Differences in health characteristics of geographic subgroups of Arab Americans in a Northern California health plan. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 10.1007/s40615-021-00970-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-00970-4
- Abuelezam, N. N., Cuevas, A. G., El-Sayed, A. M., Galea, S., & Hawkins, S. S. (2021). Infant Health for Arab and Non-Arab Mothers Identifying as White, Black, or Other in Massachusetts. American journal of preventive medicine, 60(1), 64–71. https://doi-org.proxy.bc.edu/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.06.032
- Abuelezam, N. N., El-Sayed, A. M., & Galea, S. (2019). Relevance of the "Immigrant Health Paradox" for the Health of Arab Americans in California. American journal of public health, 109(12), 1733–1738. https://doi-org.proxy.bc.edu/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305308
- Abuelezam, N. N., McCormick, A. W., Surface, E. D., Fussell, T., Freedberg, K. A., Lipsitch, M., & Seage, G. R. (2019). Modelling the epidemiologic impact of achieving UNAIDS fast-track 90-90-90 and 95-95-95 targets in South Africa. Epidemiology and infection, 147, e122. https://doi-org.proxy.bc.edu/10.1017/S0950268818003497