Ilana Seff

Ilana Seff is a research assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research agenda focuses on improving the lives of vulnerable and marginalized populations across the globe using evidence-based solutions. Her broad research experience and interests include the prevention of violence against women, girls and youth, particularly in humanitarian settings, social norms related to violence, and the psychosocial well-being and mental health of refugees and displaced populations. Her work employs mixed methods approaches to evaluate and inform interventions, emphasizing the importance of coupling qualitative insights with innovative and valid quantitative measures. She received her DrPH in Global Health and Humanitarian Systems from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and an MPH from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.