Sabrina Islam (she/her/hers) is a postdoctoral fellow in the Prevention Science Research Training Program (NIAAA T32) at the Prevention Research Center and School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her PhD in public health from the College of Public Health and Health Professions and a Graduate Certificate from the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies in 2019 from the University of Florida.
Sabrina’s research is informed by her community advocacy work with victim-survivors of domestic violence, which imparted a rich understanding of the mechanisms of social inequities that create particularly hostile environments for women with oppressed intersecting identities. With a central focus on stigmatized identities and behaviors, Sabrina is interested in mixed-methods and qualitative approaches to studying differential patterns of risk among sexual minority women and girls and their experiences with intimate partner violence and substance use.
In her current role, Sabrina supports Dr. Sharon Lipperman-Kreda’s Social Mechanisms of Early Alcohol and Substance Use Initiation and Progression to Problems component of the Center Grant. She also works closely with Drs. Juliet Lee and Tamar Antin.
Selected Projects
Social Mechanisms of Early Alcohol and Substance Use Initiation and Progression to Problems
Environmental Approaches to Prevention
Healthy Native Nations: Identifying Effective Alcohol Policies for American Indian Tribes
Selected Publications
Islam, S. (2021). Perceptions of psychological intimate partner violence: The influence of sexual minority stigma and childhood exposure to domestic violence among bisexual and lesbian women. International Journal of Environmental Research And Public Health, 18 (10) 5356. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18105356 PMCID: PMC8157349 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/10/5356
