Ph.D. Student Profile
Janae Best, M.P.H.
- Doctoral Candidate
Research Interests & Projects
- Racial stress and coping
- Structural racism
- Mental health
- Trauma
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Sexual health
- HIV and stigma
- Consent
- Sexual agency among Black women
- Healthy relationships
- Racial identity
- Religiosity and social support
- Community-based participatory research and alternative epistemology
- Mixed methods
- Global public health
Selected Publications
- Ash, T., Best, J., Khandpur, N., Redline, S., Taveras, E.M., Davison, K.K. (2020). Racial/ethnic differences in the contextual factors influencing infant sleep: a qualitative study. Sleep Med Dis Int J. 4(2),48‒55. doi: 10.15406/smdij.2020.04.00073
- Myles, R. L., Best, J., Bautista, G., Wright, E. R., Laboy, A., Demissie, Z., & Dean, H. D. (2020). Factors associated with HIV testing among Atlanta's homeless youth. AIDS Education and Prevention, 32(4), 325-336. doi:10.1521/aeap.2020.32.4.325
Additional Information
- Rackham Merit Fellow (2020-2025)
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (2018)