Yasi Zamani-Hank, PhD, MPH

Yasi Zamani-Hank is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Director of the MSU Primary Care Research Collaborative. She completed her PhD in Epidemiology under Dr. Claire Margerison in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She joined the Margerison Research Group in 2017 and continues to be a collaborator. Her research focuses on understanding the relationship between adverse life experiences, racial and socioeconomic disparities in preterm delivery, and potential protective factors using health equity and lifecourse frameworks. She is also a collaborator on current projects to study the impacts of national policies such as the ACA and the Child Tax Credit on maternal and infant health outcomes. Yasi received her MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and her Bachelor of Science in Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science from the University of Michigan.