Sahnah Lim

Sahnah Lim, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Keywords
Health Disparities, Violence , Mental Health, Intersectional Stigma
Summary

Sahnah Lim, PhD, MPH, MIA, is an assistant professor who is leading the Women's Health Equity scientific track and Mental Health scientific track at the Department of Population Health's Section for Health Equity. As a health equity researcher, Dr. Lim conducts applied, community-engaged studies that seek to address women's health issues among hard-to-reach populations such as sex workers and immigrant survivors of violence. Her research uses intersectionality and syndemics frameworks to understand how multiple marginalization impacts mental and sexual health outcomes. Dr. Lim is a mixed-methods researcher, with expertise in psychosocial statistics and survey methods.

Academic office

180 Madison Avenue

812

New York, NY 10016

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Positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Graduate Advisor, Population Health Sciences PhD Program

Graduate Education

PhD from Johns Hopkins University

MPH from Columbia University

Intersectional discrimination and its impact on Asian American women's mental health: A mixed-methods scoping review

Forbes, Nicola; Yang, Lauren C; Lim, Sahnah

Frontiers in public health. 2023; 11:993396

Factors Influencing Recovery and Well-Being Among Asian Survivors of International Criminal Sex Trafficking in an Urban U.S. City

Lim, Sahnah; Lee, Seunggun; Cohen, Lori; Chin, John J; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Islam, Nadia S

Journal of interpersonal violence. 2022 May 12; 8862605221101187

Non-Partner Sexual Violence Among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Adults: A Scoping Review

Lim, Sahnah; Park, Onyoo; Mohaimin, Sadia; Lee, Christina; Lee, Seunggun; Chauhan, Dhruvi; Roberts, Timothy; Ali, Shahmir H; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau

Trauma, violence & abuse. 2022 Apr 21; 15248380221082088

Sexual violence among LGB+ South Asian Americans: Findings from a community survey

Ali, Shahmir H; Mohaimin, Sadia; Dhar, Ritu; Dhar, Moitrayee; Rahman, Farzana; Roychowdhury, Liza; Islam, Tanzeela; Lim, Sahnah

PLoS one. 2022 Feb; 17(2):e0264061

Severe Food Insecurity, Gender-Based Violence, Homelessness, and HIV Risk among Street-based Female Sex Workers in Baltimore, Maryland

Lim, Sahnah; Park, Ju Nyeong; Kerrigan, Deanna L; Sherman, Susan G

AIDS & behavior. 2019 Nov; 23(11):3058-3063

Violence against female sex workers in Cameroon: accounts of violence, harm reduction, and potential solutions

Lim, Sahnah; Peitzmeier, Sarah; Cange, Charles; Papworth, Erin; LeBreton, Matthew; Tamoufe, Ubald; Kamla, Aristide; Billong, Serge; Fokam, Pamella; Njindam, Iliassou; Decker, Michele R; Sherman, Susan G; Baral, Stefan

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. JAIDS. 2015 Mar 01; 68 Suppl 2:S241-7

Discrimination and Sleep Health Among Transgender Women of Color in New York City: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations From the TURNNT Cohort Study

Whalen, Adam M; Furuya, Alexander; Contreras, Jessica; Schneider, John A; Lim, Sahnah; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Radix, Asa; Duncan, Dustin T

American journal of public health. AJPH. 2025 Aug 07; e1-e10

Cost analysis of implementing a community health worker-led weight reduction randomized-controlled trial among prediabetic south asian patients at primary care sites in NYC

Gupta, Avni; Wyatt, Laura C; Mammen, Shinu; Zanowiak, Jennifer M; Lim, Sahnah; Islam, Nadia S; Kumar, Rashi; Beane, Susan; Gold, Heather T

Implementation science : IS. 2025 Jun 02; 20(1):26

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