Sarah Dababnah, PhD, MPH, MSW
Sarah Dababnah, PhD, MPH, MSW, is an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, as well as primary instructional faculty in the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Master of Public Health Program. She is a former U.S. Fulbright scholar at the American University in Cairo (Egypt) and a faculty affiliate at Yonsei University School of Social Welfare (South Korea).
Dr. Dababnah specializes in the intersection of practice, policy, and research aimed at improving the health and well-being of families of individuals with intellectual and developmental differences. Her research focuses on family-centered, community-engaged, and culturally relevant strategies to address racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in autism-related services.
She received specialized training in early childhood, disability practice, research, and policy from the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (Chapel Hill, NC), the Kennedy Krieger Institute (Baltimore, MD), the Columbia University National Center for Children in Poverty (New York, NY), and the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health (Washington, DC). Additionally, Dr. Dababnah is a former Peace Corps Volunteer and holds advanced degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Johns Hopkins University.
Her research has been recognized with awards from the American Public Health Association and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Dababnah has also contributed her expertise to various committees, including those organized by the World Health Organization.
