Maya Magarati, PhD

Faculty Appointment(s)

Research Assistant Professor

Leadership Role(s)

Associate Director, Community Collaboration in Research, Seven Directions: A Center for Indigenous Public Health

magarati@uw.edu

My scholarship is dedicated to reducing behavioral health disparities in Indigenous, immigrant and refugee communities. I have 13 years of experience and expertise in community-based participatory research (CBPR) science and practice, mixed-methods multi-level research design, cultural adaptation and translation of evidenced based interventions and culture-based practices, survey and measurement development, and dissemination and translation of findings. I am interested in examining culture-centered, land-based healing practices and mechanisms in addressing substance use, sexual health, and climate change impact.

Education

PhD in Sociology, University of Washington, 2010

Department Affiliations

Centers/Programs

Other Affiliations

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE)

Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI), School of Social Work

Department of Sociology

Recent Publications

"At Least Someone Has My Back": Service Provider Perceptions of Family Strategies to Address Domestic Violence in Nepal.
(2026 Feb 17)
J Interpers Violence
Willey-Sthapit C, Lindhorst T, Magarati M, Pokharel R
Between International Policy and Local Practice: Nepali Service Providers' Constructions of Domestic Violence in Context.
(2025 Dec)
Violence Against Women 31(15-16): 3862-3885
Willey-Sthapit C, Lindhorst T, Magarati M, Neupane G
All systems are interrelated: Multilevel interventions with indigenous communities.
(2023 Jan)
Contemp Clin Trials 124(): 107013
Johnson-Jennings MD, Rink E, Stotz SA, Magarati M, Moore RS
Predictors of STD Screening From the Indigenist Stress-Coping Model Among Native Adults With Binge Substance Use.
(2022)
Front Public Health 10(): 829539
Magarati M, Chambers RS, Yenokyan G, Rosenstock S, Walls M, Slimp A, Larzelere F, Lee A, Pinal L, Tingey L
Exploring theoretical mechanisms of community-engaged research: a multilevel cross-sectional national study of structural and relational practices in community-academic partnerships.
(2022 May 2)
Int J Equity Health 21(1): 59
Oetzel JG, Boursaw B, Magarati M, Dickson E, Sanchez-Youngman S, Morales L, Kastelic S, Eder MM, Wallerstein N
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