SOGIE Health Equity Research Collaborative
The mission of the SOGIE Collaborative is to advance health equity for all communities, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
Monica Ghabrial, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Psychology, Algoma University
Monica Ghabrial, PhD (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Health Psychology at Algoma University. Her research primarily examines stress, health, and resilience among sexual and gender minority (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans) Black people, Indigenous people, and people of Color (BIPOC) – with an occasional focus on issues specifically concerning immigrant health and bisexuality/plurisexuality. For three years, Monica was a CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Health, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, working in the area of transgender and non-binary health across Canada and the US. She completed her MA and PhD at the University of Toronto, where she developed and validated the first measure of positive attitude toward identity for Queer BIPOC, the Queer People of Colour Identity Affirmation Scale, and used this scale to examine the relationship between identity affirmation and cardiovascular reactivity to stress within this population.
Representative Publications
- Ghabrial, M. A., Ferguson, T., Scheim, A. I., Adams, N. J., Khatoon, M., & Bauer, G. R. (2024). Factors associated with primary healthcare provider access for trans and non-binary immigrants and refugees in Canada. Journal of Migration & Health. 10(100241). Doi: org/10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100241
- Ghabrial, M. A., Scheim, A. I., Chih, C., Santos, H., & Adams, N. J., & Bauer, G. R. (2023). Change in finances, peer access, and mental health among trans and non-binary people during the COVID-19 pandemic. LGBT Health. doi:10.1089/lgbt.2022.0296
- Ghabrial, M. A., & Andersen, J. P. (2023). Identity affirmation is associated with adaptive cardiovascular flexibility in response to stress among sexual and gender minority people of Color. Social Science & Medicine. 320C, 115703. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115703
- Ghabrial, A., & Andersen, J.P. (2021). Development and initial validation of the Queer People of Color Identity Affirmation Scale. Journal of Counseling Psychology. doi10.1037/cou0000443
- Ghabrial, M. A., Classen, C. C., & Maggi, J. D. (2020). “I’ve found my voice. I’ve found a sisterhood”: Qualitative evaluation of a web-based support group for women with HIV. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 19(1), 1-22. doi:10.1080/15381501.2019.1684413