Ramya Kumar
Doctoral candidate, Department of Epidemiology
Climate and health, Infectious diseases, Public health, Race, equity and identity
Pronouns: she/her
Expertise: global health, HIV and sexually transmitted infections, emerging infectious diseases, stigma in public health, climate change and health
Ramya Kumar is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Epidemiology whose research spans several facets of public health. Her doctoral research, based in Lusaka, Zambia, focuses on the intersectional stigmas that women in sex work experience and how that stigma impacts their use of HIV-prevention methods. She has also studied sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, emerging diseases such as anthrax and cholera, and the intersection of infectious disease and climate change.
Kumar is a recipient of the NIH Fogarty Global Health Fellowship and member of the 2022 Husky 100. She has lived and worked for more than a decade in southern Africa.
To get in touch with Ramya, please contact Alden Woods at acwoods@uw.edu.
