Dr. Akiko Kamimura earned PhD in Health Services Organization and Policy and Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan. Her areas of expertise include intimate partner violence, social determinants of health, health disparities, minority and immigrant health, health promotion and education, community-based research, survey research methods, health management and policy, and global health. She teaches Intimate Partner Violence: Global Perspectives, Disparities in Health, Sociology of Health, and Global Health. She always has multiple ongoing research projects, in particular, on violence against women, community heath, refugee health, and global health. All of her research projects are team-based and have student involvement.