Naquia Unwala

Guest Author

Naquia Unwala is a research associate in the Public Health Governance Lab at Cornell University. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and will be attending Georgetown University School of Medicine starting in Fall 2023. Her research interests include the effects of public health politics on homelessness and housing insecurity, refugee and immigrant health, and disaster responses.

Naquia's Work:

07.17.2023 living camp for someone experiencing homelessness

Health Equity
Housing

Staggering and Persistent Racial Disparities in Homelessness

Rates of homelessness among Black American, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander groups were more than double the rates of homelessness among White and Asian groups.

Guest Authors Naquia Unwala, Phillip M. Singer, Timothy B. Creedon, Brian Mullin, Benjamin Lê Cook, Charley E. Willison