Mahasin S. Mujahid

Mahasin S. Mujahid is a Professor of Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. She directs the MPH Program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and holds leadership roles in the American Heart Association. Her research focuses on social epidemiology, particularly neighborhood health effects, cardiovascular disparities, and structural inequities. She has been funded by NIH and RWJF, with publications in top journals.

Education: BS in Mathematics (Xavier University), MS/PhD in Biostatistics/Epidemiology (University of Michigan), and RWJ Health and Society Scholar at Harvard. Awards include the Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award and Carol D. Soc Mentoring Award for early-career faculty. She advises numerous doctoral and post-doctoral researchers.

Research spans lifecourse approaches to health equity, leveraging longitudinal data to study marginalized populations. Key themes include historical redlining's cardiovascular impacts, gentrification's maternal health consequences, and systemic racism's role in health outcomes. Her work emphasizes transdisciplinary methods and policy interventions.

Key grants include NIH-funded studies on neighborhood environments and cardiovascular health. Recent articles (2024-2025) examine structural racism in maternal morbidity, workplace diversity's cardiovascular effects, and perinatal risks from pandemic societal changes.