Our team
Questions? Contact us to arrange a meeting.
Partners of Refugees in Illinois Disability Employment
Department of Disability and Human Development
Institute on Disability and Human Development
1640 West Roosevelt Road,
Chicago,
Illinois
60608
Phone: (312) 413-0416
Email: roosheyh@uic.edu

Rooshey Hasnain
Principal investigator and clinical assistant professor

Mansha Mirza
Co-principal investigator and assistant professor
Phone: (312) 355-5427
Email: mmirza2@uic.edu

Kathryn Duke
Program manager
Doctor of occupational therapy,
Department of Disability and Human Development
Email: kduke3@uic.edu

Sumithra Murthy
Senior research associate
Doctoral student in disability studies, Department of Disability and Human Development
Email: smurthy@uic.edu

Aman Khan
IT product analyst
Graduate student,
MS in management information systems
Email: akhan255@uic.edu

Anurag Sinhal
Graduate research assistant
MS in management information systems
Arabic interpreters
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Haya Alafi | Sinan Almukar | Randa Abdelrahim |
Peer mentor
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Abla Gharib | Samad Abdul Rahman Burmese and Rohingya | Bibi Zainab Mohamad Burmese and Rohingya |
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Emmanuel Rutimirwa French |
Former research assistants
We thank all our former research assistants for their hard work over the years!