Miamoua (Mia) is a collaborative researcher dedicated to promoting well-being and health equity, particularly within underserved and underrepresented communities. She joined Wilder in 2023.
Her interests include mental and behavioral health, health equity, and culturally responsive research. She has extensive experience with research coordination, data collection, and qualitative and quantitative analysis. She currently co-leads a community engagement initiative with Wilder Foundation’s Community Mental Health and Wellness Clinic to improve culturally responsive behavioral health services for seven cultural communities using a community-based participatory action research approach. She also co-leads a project with the American Stroke Association to engage and learn from the Hmong, Somali, and Karen communities about their perceptions about stroke to create culturally relevant stroke educational materials.
Mia has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from St. Cloud State University. Prior to joining Wilder, she held research positions at Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute where she contributed to studies on provider wellness, burnout prevention, resiliency, and moral injury; strategies and tools to improve patient-provider experience; and coordination of a statewide mapping study of non-narcotic pain management services and modalities in Minnesota.
In her free time, Mia enjoys fishing, snowboarding, exploring local restaurants, weight lifting, and spending time with her two dogs, Chubs and Kobe.
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