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Ifrah is completing her PhD in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Georgia State University. She is a member of Dr. Sierra Carter’s Health Equity, Agency, Racism, And Trauma (HEART) Lab, which investigates racial health disparities and mental and physical outcomes related to racism and trauma. Ifrah’s individual research program is focused on the relationship between racial oppression and trauma symptomatology, with special emphasis on how culturally-salient factors like racial identity may be protective for those who experience multiple marginalization, such as migrant, refugee, and racially minoritized groups. Ifrah takes a community-based lens to enhancing resilience across the lifespan and is committed to conducting translational research that informs the development of culturally-centered prevention and intervention options. She has published on memory and sexual assault trauma, fear processes in PTSD, the protective potential of social connectedness in buffering the effects of racial discrimination on trauma cognitions, and psychological outcomes in forcibly displaced Muslims.
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How Black women are harnessing the power of racial identity in the face of racism https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/professional/how-black-women-are-harnessing-power-racial
The role of social connectedness in buffering the effects of discrimination on post-trauma cognitions in forcibly displaced Muslims Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, & Policy
Differences in posttraumatic and psychosocial outcomes among refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Memory and Sexual Assault Handbook of Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault Prevention
“Research for social justice expands and improves the conditions for justice; it is an intellectual, cognitive and moral project, often fraught, never complete, but worthwhile”
― Linda Tuhiwai Smith
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The mental health consequences of racism for Black individuals: Examining moderators, mechanisms, and mindfulness-based interventions Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Contextualizing trauma in minoritized populations: The multi-level impact of racial stress, racial trauma, and racialized violence on health inequities International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
One community at a time: Trainee-led activism that harness evidence-based approaches in partnering with community organizations for positive social change Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Discrimination and intersectionality among people of color Society for Community Research and Action