Dr. Poudel-Tandukar is an Associate Professor at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, UMass Amherst. She has a broad background in international health, epidemiology, social science, and general medicine, with training in community-based participatory research, intervention design, and longitudinal data analysis. She has over 15 years of experience researching global mental health, HIV, and nutrition. She is interested in applied and translational research on developing and testing culturally-tailored, community-driven, strength-based interventions to reduce mental health disparities among refugees, immigrants, and HIV-infected populations using a mixed-method approach. She is the Principal Investigator of a National Institutes of Health-funded research project to evaluate the effect of preventative mental health intervention to reduce stress and mental health problems among immigrants. She has received multiple grants to implement mental health promotion for refugees.