Dr. Andom is a licensed clinical social worker whose research areas of interest include intergenerational trauma, adverse childhood experiences, and maltreatment prevention. She is dedicated to improving the behavioral, health, and educational outcomes for children in low-resource settings by articulating the social determinants of early trauma exposure and by developing integrated interventions that actively support parent-child attachment and resolve parental trauma. These include analyzing the interplay between adverse environmental conditions – such as poverty, displacement, systemic oppression, and community disintegration – and psychosocial factors like family dynamics, abuse and neglect, and cultural narratives and exploring mechanisms through which parental mental health and parenting behaviors affect child development. She is particularly interested in designing and testing community-engaged, effective interventions prioritizing marginalized communities’ voices, experiences, and strengths to eliminate racial disparities. Fithi has over eight years of experience as a mental health professional and has worked in behavioral health settings, rural contexts, and schools with child and adolescent populations in both the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa.