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RESEARCH

Effective approaches to treating survivors of persecution require a nuanced understanding of their experiences in their countries of origin, during their migration journey, and as they resettle in their new communities. It is essential to not only document exposure to ill treatment, but also areas of support, resilience factors, and coping strategies.

The MSHRP is dedicated to contributing to the development of new knowledge in the field of human rights through robust qualitative and quantitative research. Our studies explore trends in human rights abuses, the physical and mental health correlates of exposure to violence, client outcomes, and training evaluation. We share our findings through peer-reviewed publications in order to aid the identification of culturally-responsive and trauma-informed clinical best practices, potential avenues for advocacy, and responsive policy solutions that center both the perspectives and voices of survivors of torture. 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:

The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on health experiences of asylum seekers to the United States. Singer, E. K., Molyneux, K., Gogerly-Moragoda, A., Kee, D., & Baranowski, K. A. (2023). BMC Public Health, 23, 1376.

Persecution, mental health, and resilience among LGBTQ+ asylum seekers to the United States. Lasowski, P., Moscicki, O., Liu, C., Katzenstein, C., Singer, E. K., & Baranowski, K. A. (2023). Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1-12.

Experiences of detained asylum seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Singer, E. K., Molyneux, K., Khushmit, K., Kona, N., Santos Malave, G., & Baranowski, K. A. (2022). Social Science & Medicine – Qualitative Research in Health.

U.S. immigration judges’ perceptions of telephonic and in-person forensic psychological evaluations. Green, A. S., Ruchman, S. G., Birhanu, B., Wu, S., Katz, C. L., Singer, E. K., & Baranowski, K. A. (2022). Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 

Histories of pervasive gender-based violence in asylum-seeking women who have undergone female genital mutilation or cutting. Lever, H., Baranowski, K. A., Ottenheimer, D., Atkinson, H. G., & Singer, E. K. (2022). Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1-13.

Perspectives on working with immigrants held in detention using photovoice. MacLean, S. A., Agyeman, P. O., Singer, E. K., Baranowski, K. A. & Katz, C. L. (2020). Psychiatric Quarterly, 92, 793–802.

Patterns and evidence of human rights violations among United States asylum seekers. Miller, M., D’Andrea M., Wang, E., Singer, E. K., & Baranowski, K. A. (2020). International Journal of Legal Medicine, 75.

A toolkit for building medical programs for asylum seekers: Resources from the Mount Sinai Human Rights Program. Ruchman, S. G., Green, A., Schonholz, S., Hersh, E., Sikka, N., Baranowski, K. A. & Singer, E. K. (2020). Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine,  75, 102037.

The experiences of minors seeking asylum in the United States: A modified consensual qualitative research analysis. Sangmo, L., DiRisio, A. C., D’Andrea, M. R., Singer-Pomerantz, S. & Baranowski, K. A. (2020). Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33(6), 882-893.

Medical student involvement in a human rights program: Impact on student development and career vision. Schonholz, S. M., Edens, M. C., Epié, A. Y., Karwoska Kligler, S., Baranowski, K. A. & Singer, E. K. (2020). Annals of Global Health, 86(1), 130.

Addressing the need for forensic psychological evaluation of asylum seekers: The potential role of the general practitioner. Singer, E. K., Eswarappa, M., Kaur, K. A., & Baranowski, K. A. (2020). Psychiatry Research, 280, 1-10.

Experiences of gender-based violence in women asylum seekers from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Baranowski, K. A., Wang, E., D’ Andrea, M., & Singer, E. K. (2019). Torture, 29(3), 46-58.

Characterization of the mental health of immigrant children separated from their mothers at the U.S.-Mexico border. MacLean, S. A., Agyeman, P. O., Walther, J., Singer, E. K., Baranowski, K. A., & Katz, C. L. (2019). Psychiatry Research, 230, 303-308.

Mental health of children held at a United States immigration detention center. MacLean, S. A., Agyeman, P. O., Walther, J., Singer, E. K., Baranowski, K. A., & Katz, C. L. (2019). Social Science & Medicine, 230, 303-308.

Forensic psychiatry evaluation in a U. S. immigration detention center in Southwest Texas, Ibrahim, Y., Singer, E., Baronia, R., McMahona, T., Nelson J., & Katz, C. L. (2019). Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 2019. doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2019.06.