Hafifa Siddiq, PhD, MSN, RN is a community-engaged health services researcher and psychiatric registered nurse. Her program of research broadly examines social determinants of health and mental health services utilization in under-resourced populations. More specifically, she examines the role of forced displacement and "adverse migration experiences" on the mental health of immigrants and refugees, focusing on the distinct psychosocial health needs of resettled refugees now aging in the United States. She applies a biopsychosocial framework using community participatory and critical race theory principles to her research. Her community involvement spans over two decades of local volunteer work at Federally Qualified Health Centers in South Los Angeles to working with a non-profit organization serving asylum seekers at the US-Mexico Border. She provides health education on mental health in community settings and on secondary traumatic stress for refugee service providers. Dr. Siddiq is passionate about impactful community-based research, policy advocacy, mentorship and training future clinicians, and re-imaging how mental health care is integrated within health systems and across community settings.