Tasfia Jahangir

Tasfia Jahangir is a PhD student and Woodruff Fellow in Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences (BSHES). Her research focuses on structural interventions to eliminate material deprivation and its public health consequences. Most of her research to date has involved mental health, substance use, and violence exposure as health outcomes of interest. In current work, she examines how these outcomes are governed by social policies (e.g., welfare reform) and economic conditions (e.g., COVID-era changes in the street drug market). Where possible, she is interested in pairing natural or quasi-experiments with community-engaged, qualitative approaches to explain social processes. 

Jahangir works under the advisement of Dr. Doug Livingston, and splits her time across four projects: (1) Kentucky Communities and Researchers Engaging to Halt the Opioid Epidemic (CARE2HOPE), (2) Overdoses Among Black Pregnant/Postpartum People and Laws Governing Drug Use in Pregnancy (OVAL), (3) Evaluating Economic Security Policies to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries among Black Youth, and (4) Prevention Trial in the Cherokee Nation. 

Jahangir's scholarship appears in the American Journal of Public Health, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Prevention Science, American Psychologist, International Journal of Drug Policy, among others. To date, her work has culminated in 23 peer-reviewed publications; 24 conference presentations; and 34 competitive awards, scholarships, and fellowships.