Education:

 

MA Health Sociology, 2011 (Cum Laude)

Specialization in Disease Perception, HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Help Seeking Behavior
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Johannesburg, South Africa

BA (Hons) 2009 (Cum Laude)

Medical Anthropology, Health Sociology, Population Studies and Demography

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Johannesburg, South Africa

Work Experience:

April 2011-current        Assistant Researcher- Department of Social Medicine

                                 Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
                                 Ohio University, Athens- Ohio, USA

February-October        Health Science Tutor-Department of Sociology
2010                            Wits University, Johannesburg-South Africa               

March-December         Teaching Assistant-Department of Anthropology

2008                             Wits University, Johannesburg-South Africa

Current interests, projects and research:
 

Aalyia Sadruddin’s research interests include social inequalities and health, culture and obesity, HIV/AIDS, malaria and long-term care to grand-parenting

Aalyia Sadruddin is currently working on writing research papers on stress of grandparent caregivers in the context of HIV, and socioeconomic status and obesity. She is also working on publishing some of her own work centered on disease perception. This research is an extension of her master’s thesis, which assessed how nurses perceive malaria and HIV/AIDS and how meanings of help-seeking behaviors are administered.

Ms. Sadruddin assists in:

·         Drafting research for publication
·         Developing grant proposals to continue research projects
·         Conducting background research
 

She is also acting as an outreach liaison to other organizations that have mutual goals to lay the groundwork for expanding projects and creating new ones. One such project is the World Health Organization Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE), which is part of a longitudinal survey program to compile comprehensive information on the health and well-being of adult populations and the aging process.

Publications and presentations:

Journal Articles

      Sadruddin, F.A, Vagedes, A., Yogo, J. Ice, G.H. (2011). Kenyan Grandparents Study: Assessing Perceived Stress Levels among Luo Elders in Western Kenya. Social Science and Medicine (in preparation)
 

Williams, S.R, Ice, G.H, Sadruddin, F.A. (2011). Cultural and Socioeconomic Contexts and Nutritional Transitions: The Anthropology of Global Overweight & Obesity Trends of Older Adults. Socioeconomic Status and Health Implications (in preparation)
 

Sadruddin, F.A, Ice, G.H. (2011). Understanding Cultural Brokering in the time of Malaria and HIV/AIDS: A Case Study of Nurse Practitioners in Western Kenya. Medical Anthropology Quarterly (in preparation)
 

Presentations
 

November 2011             Exploring nurses as ‘intermediaries’: An Analysis of biomedical and lay

(Forthcoming)               knowledge of Malaria in Kisumu, Kenya

                                   American Association of Anthropologists- Montreal, Canada

April 2011                     Casual Blood Pressure, Cortisol Levels and Perceived Stress amongst Luo Elders in Western Kenya

                                    Human Biology Association- Minneapolis, Minnesota

September 2010            Nurses and their role in negotiating between lay and professional contexts of disease:
An Analysis of Malaria and HIV/ AIDS in Western Kenya.
Sociology Post-Graduate Conference

Wits University- Johannesburg, South Africa

June 2009                     “Brokering Perceptions”- An Ethnographic Understanding of ‘Health’, ‘Illness’ and ‘Disease’

 South African Sociological Association (SASA)

 Wits University-Johannesburg, South Africa

Memberships:

 
American Association of Anthropologists

Human Biology Association

Society of Medical Anthropology

Academic Awards:

2010                 Winner of the Inter-Faculty Post Graduate Research Symposium- Oral Presentation
Wits University-Johannesburg, South Africa

Presentation Title-
            Nurses and their role in negotiating between lay and professional contexts of disease:
            An Analysis of Malaria  and HIV/ AIDS in Western Kenya.

2010                 Recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Post-Graduate Mentoring Award
Wits University-Johannesburg, South Africa

2009                 Recipient of the Mandela-Rhodes Scholarship

Wits University-Johannesburg, South Africa

2009                 Winner of the Ruth First Prize (Best Undergraduate Research Report in Sociology)

Wits University-Johannesburg, South Africa