Area of Emphasis: Sociology of Illness

Advisor: Rachel Hardeman, PHD MPH

Bio

 Asha Hassan (she/her) has a BA in Gender and Women's Studies from the University of Wisconsin Madison and an MPH in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. In 2020, Asha was named a Society of Family Planning Emerging Scholar, in 2021 a National Birth Equity Research Scholar, and in 2022 she was awarded fellowship funding from the National Institute of Health. Asha also gives frequent expert interviews on racism, equity, and reproductive health with media outlets like ProPublica, CNN, NBC, and The Guardian.  

Research interests

Conceptualizing structural racism's relationship to family planning access and decision-making, understanding police violence as a manifestation of structural racism and its effects on reproductive health, and assessing the intersections of disability and reproductive justice in clinical and government policy. 

Select Publications

1. Police Violence & Reproductive Health

Hassan, A., Ojanen-Goldsmith, A., Hing, A. K., Mahoney, M., Traxler, S., & Boraas, C. M. More than Tears: Associations Between Exposure to Chemical Agents Used by Law Enforcement and Adverse Reproductive Health Outcomes. Frontiers in Epidemiology, 3, 1177874.

Torgrimson-Ojerio, B. N., Mularski, K. S., Peyton, M. R., Keast, E. M., Hassan, A., & Ivlev, I. (2021). Health issues and healthcare utilization among adults who reported exposure to tear gas during 2020 Portland (OR) protests: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1-10.

2.  Structural Racism & Family Planning

Kozhimannil, K. B., Hassan, A., & Hardeman, R. R. (2022). Abortion access as a racial justice issue. New England Journal of Medicine, 387(17), 1537-1539.

Crear-Perry, J., Hassan, A., & Daniel, S. (2022). Advancing birth equity in a post-Dobbs US. JAMA, 328(17), 1689-1690.

Hing, A. K., Hassan, A., & Hardeman, R. R. (2022). Advancing the Measurement of Structural Racism Through the Lens of Antiabortion Policy. American journal of public health, 112(11), 1529-1531.

Karbeah, J. M., Hassan, A., & Hardeman, R. (2023). Reproductive Justice-Informed Care for Stis, Contraception, and Abortion in Pediatrics. In Untangling the Thread of Racism: A Primer for Pediatric Health Professionals. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

3. Disability & Reproductive Justice

Hassan, A., Hirz, A. E., Yates, L., & Hing, A. K. (2023). Rebuilding a reproductive future informed by disability and reproductive justice. Women's Health Issues.

Hassan, A., Yates, L., Hing, A. K., Hirz, A. E., & Hardeman, R. (2023). Dobbs and disability: Implications of abortion restrictions for people with chronic health conditions. Health services research, 58(1), 197-202.

Crear-Perry, J., Hassan, A., Oberly, T., Rutledge, J., Scott-Henderson, D., Suárez-Baquero, D., ... & McLemore, M. R. Designing New Futures: Essential Wrap-Around Services for Reproductive Justice–Informed Scholars.

Contact

hassa209@umn.edu

Twitter: @reproresearcher 

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