Elle Strand

stran744@umn.edu

Education

  • BS, Biology, Duke University, 2022 
  • BA, Global Health, Duke University, 2022

Experience

Elle joined the Flex Monitoring Team in November 2024 as a Research Project Coordinator at the University of Minnesota. Her previous work includes research on the dynamics and drivers of domestic minor sex trafficking in the United States; acute care and quality of life following scarf-related spinal cord injuries in Bangladeshi women; and access to and quality of care among Indigenous populations in the Amazon Forest.

Research Interests

  • Equitable orientations to research
  • Community-engaged and trauma-informed methods
  • Access to care for underserved populations
  • Childhood experiences and health outcomes
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