Roshanak Mehdipanah

Dr. Mehdipanah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity (primary) at the UM School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Regional Planning program (secondary) at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Dr. Mehdipanah’s current research portfolio focuses on aspects of urban health, including urban renewal, housing, and gentrification, and their effects on community health and health inequities. Dr. Mehdipanah is Co-PI on a CDC-funded R01 study examining environmental-design interventions to prevent illegal dumping as a method for preventing community violence, including firearm violence. She is the co-director of the Prevention Research Collaborative and the director of the U-M Housing Solutions for Health Equity initiative, focused on informing local, state, and national policy through interdisciplinary research on housing as it relates to equity in health, race, socio-economic status, and aging. Dr. Mehdipanah has led several projects on housing and health, including health evaluations of housing policies on affordability and discrimination in the U.S.