Samiya Rasheed

Samiya Rasheed
  • Project Coordinator

Contact Info

Biography —

Samiya Rasheed is a project coordinator with CARE. She mainly oversees the Veteran and Military Mental Health studies. She obtained her B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Psychology from KU in the Spring of 2023. She plans to apply to law school for the Fall 2026 cohort. 

Education —

B.A. in Psychology , University of Kansas, 2023
B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, University of Kansas, 2023

Research —

Samiya's research interests include identifying unique risk factors and treatment barriers for EDs in minoritized populations.

Selected Publications —

Thomeczek, M. L., Forbush, K. T., Chen, Y., Negi, S., Johnson-Munguia, S., L'Insalata, A. M., Rasheed, S., Like, E., & McDonald, J. (2024). Associations Between Weight Discrimination, Eating-Disorder-Related Psychiatric Impairment, and Eating-Disorder Treatment Interest Across the Weight Spectrum. International Journal of Eating Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24277

Chen, Y., Christensen Pacella, K. A., Forbush, K. T., Thomeczek, M. L., Negi, S., Doan, A. E., Wendler, A. M., Morgan, R. W., Rasheed, S. I., Johnson-Munguia, S., & Sharma, A. R. (2024). Examining associations between disordered eating and harmful substance use in a nationally representative sample of US veterans. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24194

Forbush, K. T., Chen, Y., Peng., Z., Morgan, R. W., Christensen Pacella, K., Watson, D., Bottera, A. R., Mitchell, K., Song, Q. C., Thomeczek, M., Negi, S., Doan, A. E., Rasheed, S., Johnson-Munguia, S., Watts, A. L., Wendler, A., Oehlert, Mary., & Mancini, M. (Under Review). Modeling internalizing symptoms in United States veterans using the HiTOP framework: Gender invariance and longitudinal stability. Submitted to Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.

Johnson-Munguia, S., Bottera, A. R., Vanzhula, I., Forbush, K. T., Gould, S. R., Negi, S., Thomeczek, M. L., L'Insalata, A. M., Like, E. E., Sharma, A. R., Morgan, R. W., & Rasheed, S. (2024). Understanding community provider practices in diagnosing and treating atypical anorexia nervosa: A mixed methods study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24125