Janae Best

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she/her/hers
SOAR position
Title
PhD Student in Public Health, Graduate Student Instructor, Research Consultant for The Steve Fund, Resilience and Resistance Collective Research Assistant
School or College
University/Institution
University of Michigan
Research Biography

Janae Best (she/her) is a doctoral student at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, department of Health Behavior and Health Education. She aims to highlight the impact of race-based stress on the sexual health and mental health of Black Women while noting factors that have contributed to resistance and resilience. She is also interested in community based participatory research, mixed methods, and qualitative research approaches.