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Meera SwaminathMPH
Research Assistant
Program
Yale School of Public Health, MPH, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Projects
- Personal Health Libraries for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals (PerHL)
- Development of a Community Responsive Digital Health Tool for Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
Meera Swaminath is a Horstmann Scholar at Yale University, pursuing a Master of Public Health. Previously, Meera graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and honors in the highest distinction. Prior to graduate school, Meera worked in technology consulting.
Meera is very passionate about how digital health tools can positively impact the health of vulnerable communities. At CHIL, she works on projects in the fields of minority health and diabetic retinopathy. She also conducts research on Type 1 Diabetes under the Yale School of Medicine’s Center for Medical Informatics and represents the Yale School of Public Health as a Yale Graduate Senator.
Fun Fact
“Meera loves to sing, and is a member of the Yale South Asian A Cappella Team: Avaaz and the Yale Indian Classical Music Team: Dhvani.”