Contributor

Henna Budhwani, PhD, MPH

Medical Sociologist and former Deputy Director of the UAB Sparkman Center for Global Health

Dr. Budhwani is a public health scholar and social scientist who conducts studies designed to reduce health disparities, improve health equity, and inform thoughtful policy that is good for humanity in resource-constrained settings, both in the United States and abroad. Her scholarship focuses heavily on understanding behaviors of underserved -- often stigmatized -- populations that are at high risk for experiencing discrimination, including but not limited to sexual and gender minorities, religious minorities, racial minorities and immigrants. She is the mother of twin boys and resides in Alabama.