2023

40 under 40 Public Health Catalyst Award, Boston Congress of Public Health

2022

Dean’s Excellence in Faculty Leadership Award, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health

Paper of the Year from the Society for Public Health Education and Pedagogy in Health Promotion

2021

Term Membership, Council on Foreign Relations

William T. Grant Scholars Award

Atlantik-Brücke German-American Young Leaders Program, Germany, declined attendance (parental leave)

2020

Daniel R. Mishell Jr, MD Outstanding Article Award, Contraception Journal

Junior Faculty Award for Contributions to the Diversity Goals of the University, Columbia University Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement

Calderone Research Prize for Junior Faculty, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

2019

Alumni Hall of Fame Early Career Inductee, University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health

Training Related Honors & Fellowships

2015

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Population Research Center T32, University of Texas at Austin

Poster Award Winner for “Cross Border Ties and Arab American Mental Health”, Population Association of America Annual Meeting

2014

Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of California Los Angeles

Diplomacy and Diversity Fellowship, Humanity in Action, and the Council on Foreign Relations

2012

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, California Center for Population Research T32, University of California Los Angeles

2011

Bixby Doctoral Fellowship in Population, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

2009

Public Health Training Fellow, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services