Shivani Patel, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology, RSPH

Topics: State public health collaborations

Shivani A. Patel is a social epidemiologist and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health. Her research is guided by an overarching interest in describing and understanding disparities in cardio-metabolic disease morbidity and mortality globally, with particular focus on South Asia. To that end, she investigates the role of ethnic background, contextual factors (such as historical undernutrition, urbanization, migration, geography), and early life disadvantage in influencing cardio-metabolic disease profiles.Since Spring 2020, she has lead projects in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Public Health including COVID-19 inequities & underlying conditions and geospatial analyses.