Maria Vukovich

Maria Vukovich, PhD, is an applied researcher, statistician and data scientist with interests in disaster and humanitarian action, health and wellbeing, human rights, migration and violence prevention. For two decades, Maria has led applied research and evaluation of humanitarian and direct service programs with populations affected by armed conflict, complex emergencies, climate disasters, human rights abuses, forced displacement and migration. Her research utilizes participatory quantitative and mixed method approaches including feasibility studies, randomized control trials, cross-cultural measurement studies, and large-scale population surveys in East Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, and Southeast Asia. This work has been supported by the U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. National Institutes of Health, United Nations, International Organization for Migration, World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, European Union, and more. Her research has been published in Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Areas of Armed Conflict, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Health and Social Care in the Community, BMC Family Practice, BMC Psychiatry, Traumatology, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Torture Journal, Conflict and Health, etc.