I am a Ph.D. candidate in the University of California Merced Public Health Department. I am a physician by training and have completed my medical education at Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Amritsar, India. I received my Master’s in Public Health from Wayne State University of Medical and Public Health Sciences in Detroit, Michigan. I have worked as a General practitioner of medicine in India. I have also worked as an immunization officer for the Pulse Polio program in India. I have been previously involved in various projects, such as the setup of a Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program for the prevention of HIV among college students at Wayne State University and the development of a health and wellness program called Wellness Warriors for university employees. I have worked on various quality improvement projects to reduce readmission rates among cognitively impaired COPD patients through caregiver education and the setup of an Oncostat clinic to reduce 30-day readmission rates among cancer patients. My research interests include studying the factors that affect access to healthcare services, utilization of healthcare services, and looking at ways to improve the quality of these services. I am interested in studying the barriers and facilitators for healthcare access and utilization among vulnerable populations such as agricultural workers. I was a Graduate Student Researcher in the UC Merced Farm Worker Health Study. I was involved in the data analysis and writing of the final report. I have published papers on the impact of ACA and COVID-19 on agricultural workers. My research focuses on identifying and examining innovative models for delivering high-quality, integrated, and coordinated healthcare services for agricultural workers in California.
