Hamdi Abdi

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Pronouns
she/her
PhD Student
Health Services Research, Policy and Administration
Research Interests

I'm interested in individuals who have experienced stillbirth. I'm particularly interested in the postpartum period, how that is experienced during stillbirth, and how to improve care.

Biography

Hamdi is currently a fourth year PhD student in Health Services Research, Policy & Administration with an emphasis in Health Policy. She received her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from George Mason University. After completing her MPH she was a cancer research training fellow at the National Cancer Institute at the NIH. She is currently a graduate research assistant in the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center where she supports the development of systematic reviews of health care topics for federal and state agencies, professional associations, and foundations. Her research interests are related to stillbirth. She is particularly interested in how postpartum is experienced for individuals who have had a stillbirth, and how quality of care could be improved for this population.