Research team
Institute for Sexual and Gender Health
Co-Investigator
Professor, Director of Research, Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Co-Investigators
Co-Investigator
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Co-Investigator
Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor, Smiley’s Family Medicine Clinic, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Consultant
Wilfred and Joyce Posluns Chair in Women's Brain Health and Aging, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, ON Canada, Adjunct Scientist, Rotman Research Institute, Guest Professor of Gender & Health, Linköping University, Sweden
Co-Investigator
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA
Community Researcher
SoLaHmo, Community University Health Care Center (CUHCC)
Co-Investigator
Assistant Research Professor, School of Social Work, Clinical Research Affiliate, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC), College of Public Programs, Arizona State University; Obstetrician/Gynecologist and Founding Director of the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic (RWHC) at Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, Arizona
Co-Investigator
Shannon Pergament, MPH, MSW, is a founding member of the Somali, Latino and Hmong Partnership for Health and Wellness (SoLaHmo), a community driven translational research program of Community University Health Care Center (CUHCC), a federally qualified health care center in Minneapolis, MN.
During the last 11 years, Pergament was Co-Director of Community Based Research at Minnesota Community Care where SoLaHmo was founded. She holds Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree and Social Work (M.S.W.) degrees from the University of Minnesota. For over 25 years, Shannon has worked in the area of health equity, building collaborations with ethnically diverse communities to promote community and cultural assets and reduce health disparities through community based participatory action research (CBPAR), health education and policy.
Consultant
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Certified Nurse-midwife, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD