Arooj Yousaf MPH
Arooj Yousaf (she/her) is a Clinical Research Coordinator at Clinical Futures and PolicyLab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Ms. Yousaf started at CHOP as a student research assistant while completing her Master of Public Health and started her full time role in March 2026. Her current role involves study coordination of asthma population health disparities and outcomes in adolescents, maternal and child health, and initiatives to enhance infrastructure and resources for health equity research/translation.
In her previous roles, she has experience working on studies related to cervical cancer, malaria, maternal and child health, adolescent behavioral health, and mental health. Ms. Yousaf strives to contribute to advances in health equity and disparities-focused study designs, inclusion and representativeness, interpretation and dissemination of findings in non-academic settings, and equitable translation (e.g., health services and policy research). Ms. Yousaf analyzes complex health disparities, striving to bridge the gap between technical data analysis and equitable translational research to ensure that discoveries lead directly to improved care and reduced disparities.
Ms. Yousaf received her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Johns Hopkins University and her Bachelor of Arts degree from The George Washington University.