Graduate Student Scholar, Global Health and Humanitarianism
Graduate Student Scholar
Zeana Hamdonah (She/Her) is an award-winning PhD candidate, published academic researcher, and course instructor at the University of Toronto, with expertise in Global Health and Peace, Critical Health and Exercise Studies, Sociology, Anti-Racism, Political Theory, Health Equity Research and Critical Qualitative Methodologies. She has received her undergraduate degree and Master's degree from the University of Toronto. Her interdisciplinary research bridges Kinesiology, health equity, social and climate justice. She has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles and is recognized for advancing critical conversations on health equity, displacement, decolonization, and human rights.
Her research has been recognized with several competitive awards, including the Sustainable Development Goals Student Award (2026), the Best Graduate Student Paper Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems (2024), the Inlight Strategic Research Grant (2023), and the Bruce Kidd Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship (2021).
Research Keywords
Global Health; Human Rights; Decolonization; Health Advocacy; Sustainability; War and political instability
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Active |
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