sarahm27@my.yorku.ca
https://www.yorku.ca/dighr/person/sarah-merghani/
Sarah Merghani is a third-year Global Health undergraduate student at York University, specializing in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, with an interdisciplinary certificate in Refugee and Migration Studies. Her research interests center on African and diasporic health, forced displacement and migration, and the ways colonial legacies and anti-Black racism shape health and social outcomes for African communities in Canada and globally. She works as a research assistant and lab coordinator at the Wellness Impact Lab within York’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, where she supports interdisciplinary research and community-engaged initiatives on health and wellbeing. Sarah is also the founder of the Displacement & Health Relief Network, a grassroots initiative focused on displacement, health equity, and ethical community-led responses. Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary inquiry and community-engaged research at the intersection of health, displacement, and social justice.