Zahra Goliaei

Dr. Zahra Goliaei earned her medical doctorate in Iran and, after moving to the United States, earned her Master of Public Health (MPH) degree here at the University of San Francisco as one of the beginning cohorts. After finishing her doctoral degree, she is currently focusing her research work on refugee health, especially women's reproductive health literacy and autonomy.

• Qualitative research
• Health education and consultation for immigrants and refugees
• Domestic violence consultant

• Migration health
• Refugee health
• Reproductive autonomy
• Health disparity

• Co-Chair/Research Committee/Caucus of Refugee and Immigrant Health

• University of California Merced, PhD in Public Health, 2022
• University of San Francisco, MPH, 2015
• University of Tehran, MD, 2003

• University of California Merced,  Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship, 2022
• Emerging Scholars in Family Planning, Society of Family Planning, 2020 
• SEED Grant award, Blum Center, University of California Merced, 2018

• Goliaei, Z.; Chaban, Z.; Amrei, S.A.M.; Pashmineh Azar, Y.; Afzal, L.; Hakim, R.; Al-Ani, H.A.; Koga, P.M.; Guggenbickler, A.M. Post-Resettlement Intimate Partner Domestic Violence in Afghan and Arab Refugees: A Scoping Review. Soc. Sci. 2023, 12, 651.
• Goliaei Z, Gonzalez M, Diaz Rios K, Pokhrel M, Burke NJ. Post-Resettlement Food Insecurity: Afghan Refugees and Challenges of the New Environment. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 17;20(10):5846.
• Thiel de Bocanegra, H., Goliaei, Z., Khan, N. et al. Refugee Women’s Receptiveness for Virtual Engagement on Reproductive Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int.J. Behav. Med. (2022).
• H. Thiel De Bocanegra, N Khan, S Mody, Z Goliaei, S Banna, Community Readiness for Virtual Health Engagement, ReproNet. (2021) 
• M. Gonzales, S. Loewen, T. Wright, J. Kenny, E. Ramirez, S. Alnahari, Z. Goliaei, N. Burke, R. Nanyonjo, Assessing Oral Health Related Issues in Merced County. (2018)
• M. Gonzales, J. Kenny, T. Wright, Z. Goliaei, N. Burke, Oral Health Needs Assessment Madera County. (2018)