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PhD Student
New York University School of Global Public Health
Shahmir H. Ali is a doctoral student in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the NYU School of Global Public Health. His current research focusses on interpersonal and community level factors involved in the eating behaviors of young and second-generation Asian Americans, and how these factors can be integrated into innovative intervention designs to address non-communicable disease disparities. His past publications and work have spanned projects in the US, Australia, Pakistan, and China on topics ranging from innovative approaches in health promotion (such as mHealth) and understanding cultural, environmental, and social influences on health.