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NORC at the University Chicago

Sabrina Avripas

Principal Research Director
Public Health
Sabrina has expertise in studies focused on the health of racial, ethnic, and minority populations through a trauma-informed lens.

Sabrina has over 20 years of experience leading, managing, and designing research projects for federal organizations, private foundations, and academic institutions. She brings to her work training in clinical social work and public health research and experience using a variety of methods in an interdisciplinary context.

Specifically, Sabrina provides leadership and multi-mode methodological expertise to studies and is active in all levels of business development ranging from the development of proposals for small private and not-for-profit organizations to grant administration for large federal institutions.

Project Contributions

Emerging Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for People Aging with HIV

Helping HRSA evaluate strategies to improve the health of older adults with HIV

Client:

Health Resources and Services Administration

Culturally Responsive Vaccination Communication Skills and Techniques

Developing evidence-based interventions to improve provider communication with racial and ethnic minority patients

Funder:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Adolescent SBIRT Initiative: Preparing the Health Professional Workforce

Preparing health professionals to screen and intervene for youth substance use and mental health risk

Client:

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Environments Promoting Wellness & Resilience (EmPWR) Evaluation

Exploring the influence of the built environment on mental health and well-being within domestic violence shelters

Funder:

New York City Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity)

Developing Tools for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

Analyzing survey data to inform HIV prevention materials that engage minority adolescents

Client:

Division of Adolescent and School Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Survey of Today’s Adolescent Relationships & Transitions

Understanding sexual behavior of Black and Latino young men to prevent HIV

Client:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health

Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault Strategic Planning

Partnering with a local rape crisis center to support strategic planning

Client:

Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault

Support for the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program

Technical assistance for efforts to transform the understanding of Parkinson’s genetics

Funder:

Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP)

The Indiana University Abortion Attitudes Project

A multi-year study aimed at developing and testing measures to assess abortion attitudes

Client:

Indiana University

Understanding Buprenorphine Access in Pharmacies

Surveying pharmacists’ experiences with buprenorphine ordering thresholds and dispensing

Client:

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Vital Strategies

Health Surveys of Teens, Young Adults, and Parents

National health surveys of adolescents, young adults, and parents of children and adolescents

Client:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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