Shadia Rask

Title: Research Manager
Tel. +358 29 524 8537
Email: [email protected]

Expertise

  • Immigration, diversity and population health
  • Discrimination and inequality
  • Mental health and functioning

Primary duties

  • Research Manager
  • Member of THL's Expert Group for Cultural Diversity (MONET)

Education

  • 2018, PhD, Doctor of Philosophy, Public Health, University of Helsinki
  • 2018, Further Qualification in First-Line Management, Omnia
  • 2011, Master of Science, International Health, University of Tampere
  • 2009, Occupational Therapist, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Work experience

  • 2019– Research Manager, THL
  • 2017–2019, Project Manager, mobiTARMO project, THL
  • 2017, Visiting Researcher, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  • 2013–2016, Researcher, Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study, THL
  • 2010–2012, Project Coordinator, Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study, THL
     

Languages

  • Finnish (native)
  • English (fluent)
  • Swedish (good)
  • Spanish (fair)
  • French (fair)
  • Russian (fair)

Current projects

Former projects

Current Positions of Trust

  • 2020–, Forum for Culture and Religion FOKUS ry’s commission member
  • 2020–, Itla’s child and family policy network’s member
  • 2020–2021, Ministry of Education and Culture’s accessibility plan for higher education steering group member
  • 2019, Member of Sitra Lab Expert Group on Social Inequality among Children and Young People
  • 2017–, Member of the Expert Group on Discrimination Monitoring of the Ministry of Justice
  • 2014–, Deputy Member of the Coordination Group of the Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
  • 2016–, Member of the Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy and Geronomy Programmes, Metropolia University of Applied Science

Publications

Dissertation

Scientific publications

Ca 15 peer-reviewed journal articles e.g.

Book articles (in Finnish)

Several published book articles e.g.

  • Rask S & Castaneda AE. Opiskelijoiden kulttuurinen moninaisuus. Teoksessa Kunttu K, Komulainen A, Kosola S, Seilo N, Väyrynen T. (toim). Opiskeluterveys. Helsinki: Kustannus Oy Duodecim; 2022.
  • Rask S, Castaneda AE. Maahanmuuttotaustan huomiomoinen kuntoutuksessa. Teoksessa Autti-Rämö I, Salminen A-L, Rajavaara M, Melkas S (toim.) Kuntoutuminen. Helsinki: Kustannus Oy Duodecim; 2022
  • Rask S, Castaneda AE, Seppänen A. Syrjintä- ja väkivaltakokemukset. Teoksessa Kuusio H, Seppänen A, Jokela S, Somersalo L, Lilja E (toim.) (2020) Ulkomaalaistaustaisten terveys ja hyvinvointi. FinMonik-tutkimus 2018-2019. Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksen julkaisuja, Raportti 1/2020. s. 91-96.
  • Rask S & Castaneda AE. Syrjintäkokemukset ja niiden yhteys hyvinvointiin ja kotoutumiseen ulkomaalaistaustaisessa väestössä. Teoksessa Kotoutumisen kokonaiskatsaus 2019. 
  • Rask S, Sainio P, Koskinen S. Toimintakyky. Teoksessa Skogberg N, Mustonen K-L, Koponen P, Tiittala P, Lilja E, Ahmed Haji Omar A, Snellman O, Castaneda AE. Turvapaikanhakijoiden terveys ja hyvinvointi - Tutkimus Suomeen vuonna 2018 tulleista turvapaikanhakijoista. Raportti 12. Helsinki: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos; 2019.

Articles in domestic journals (in Finnish)

Several articles in published in domestic journals e.g.

Edited books (abstracts in English)

Project reports

Blog posts 

Podcasts and videos

Awards

International activities

  • 2017, Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  • Numerous oral presentations in international conferences e.g. World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health (MERH); European Public Health Conference; Congress of European Forum for Research in Rehabilitation; Biennial Conference of the European Society for Health and Medical Sociology; European Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health. 

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