Sarah Nadimpalli RN, PhD

Nadimpalli began her clinical career as a general medicine nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and practiced community health nursing for nearly a decade before receiving a Ph.D. in nursing at New York University. She received predoctoral funding through an F31 grant with the National Institute of Nursing Research. Nadimpalli investigates health inequities, the social determinants of health, and psychosocial factors that may lead to poorer health outcomes among ethnic minorities and marginalized groups. In particular, she examines how discrimination may operate as a psychosocial stressor and lead to indicators of cardiovascular risk and chronic disease among South Asian Americans. Nadimpalli also investigates the psychosocial and cultural resources individuals may utilize to cope with exposure to discrimination. Nadimpalli seeks to expand her investigations by studying additional social determinants of health, how social determinants shape the experiences and well-being of ethnic minority groups, and how social factors may be addressed in future health interventions. Nadimpalli is a research associate in Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University.