Krishna Patel

Krishna is currently a Doctor in public health (DrPH) candidate at George Washington University and serves as a research associate for the FGM/C educational toolkit project. Before joining the DrPH program, she worked at the San Francisco Department of Public Health on government relations, policy development, and community engagement. Previously, she has worked on multiple international health projects - in India on domestic violence prevention, in Tanzania on school-based health education, and in Kenya on HIV and children’s health. Overall, she is passionate about working to address health and social inequities globally and within the U.S. Krishna holds an MPH from UC Berkeley and a BSPH from UNC Chapel Hill.