Sumedha Ariely
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Global Health
Duke University
United States of America
Biography
Sumi Ariely serves as an Assistant Professor of the Practice in Global Health at Duke University and teaches the global health research methods and global health ethics course. Dr. Ariely holds a PhD in Psychology with a focus on cognitive development and culture. She has been active in applied and basic research in the past and has international experience with global and public health issues in a variety of contexts. Ariely lived in West-Africa for two years during which she worked on maternal and child health care and with communities at risk for HIV/AIDS exposure.Dr. Ariely has mentored a large variety of research and service projects in the US, Africa and Asia, and is involved in research examining the transition orphans and vulnerable children make from institutions to communities in Ethiopia.
Research Interest
She is interested in the relations between cultural, social, and biological influences on development and health decisions and outcomes.
Publications
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Whetten K; Ostermann J; Pence BW; Whetten RA; Messer LC; Ariely S; O'Donnell K; Wasonga AI; Vann V; Itemba D; Eticha M; Madan I; Thielman NM (2014). Three-year change in the wellbeing of orphaned and separated children in institutional and family-based care settings in five low- and middle-income countries. PLoS ONE 9(8): e104872. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104872
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Modi, K., Akhtar, M Ariely, S., & Gupta, D. (2016). Addressing Challenges of Transition from Children’s Home to Independence: Udayan Care’s Udayan Ghars (Sunshine Children’s Homes) & Aftercare Programme. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care 2016 — Vol.15, No.1
