Post Doctoral Research Fellow | Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine and School of Public Health | Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Dr Balsara is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PGY-2) at Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU), Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine & School of Public Health. She is also a recent MPH graduate from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, concentrated in Health Systems & Policy with a track in Epidemiology & Biostatistics. Background: An oral surgeon from India with interests in transforming healthcare and creating lasting global impact with an aim to provide improved and equitable preventive and surgical care and products across international health systems in low income countries by strengthening research and developing programs. She is an extraordinarily accomplished global public health expert, with specialized skills in designing, implementing and evaluating public health interventions, policies and programs to address pressing issues internationally. Her expertise stems from advanced epidemiology and biostatistics training enabling cutting-edge health data analysis, combined with extensive research experience investigating injury prevention, tobacco usage, mental health, and other major population health challenges globally.