Nimisha Srikanth, MPH

Nimisha Srikanth (she/her) is a Doctor of Philosophy student in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Yale University. She is a NIMH T-32 Predoctoral Fellow in the Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program (Y-APT) in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA). Nimisha graduated from Texas A&M University in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and from the Yale University School of Public Health in May 2025 with a Master of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences, with a concentration in United States Health Justice. Her overall research goal is to synthesize research, program implementation, and policy advocacy into a comprehensive program aimed at improving youth sexual and reproductive health in the United States. Her career goal is to serve as a researcher-activist, teaching and working with young people to create progress in sexual and reproductive health.

At Yale, Nimisha is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Substances and Sexual Health (SASH) Lab. Her research at the SASH Lab has focused on adolescent sexual health, substance use, mental health, and social media patterns. She has also worked on community health education workshops and creates content for the lab’s social media team. Additionally, Nimisha works as a health policy fellow under the preceptorship of Rep. Jillian Gilchrest and aides the Reproductive Rights Caucus at the Connecticut General Assembly. She also serves as a Board Member for the REACH Fund of Connecticut.