Her research interests include health disparities pertaining to domestic violence and sex trafficking, breast and cervical cancer, diabetes, childhood lead poisoning and healthy aging. In 2014 she was awarded the Dr. Carruth J. Wagner faculty award in public health and in 2016, she received the College of Public Health Excellence in Teaching Award. She was the former Director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at UNMC. Dr. Rajaram was Professor of Sociology and former chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at UNO. Al Riskowski