Departmental Affiliations
Marium Sultan, MSc, researches facilitators to frontline worker success across global contexts and how positively influencing the built environment can improve quality of life for vulnerable groups.
Research Interests
polio; Pakistan; food systems; workers' rights; urban planning; data science; qualitative methods; quantitative methods; frontline workers; vaccine hesitancy
Experiences & Accomplishments
My research at Hopkins has focused on barriers and facilitators to frontline worker success and safety, using first-hand qualitative data, in locations spanning Pakistan to Baltimore.
Select Publications
Closser, S., Rosenthal, A., Justice, J., Maes, K., Sultan, M., Banerji, S., Amaha, H. B., Gopinath, R., Omidian, P., & Nyirazinyoye, L. (2017). Per Diems in Polio Eradication: Perspectives From Community Health Workers and Officials. American journal of public health, 107(9), 1470– 1476. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303886
Closser S, Sultan M, Tikkanen R, et al. Breaking the silence on gendered harassment and assault of community health workers: an analysis of ethnographic studies. BMJ Global Health 2023;8:e011749. 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011749