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    Snigdha Jain, MD, MHS

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    Assistant Professor
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    Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

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    Biography

    Dr. Jain is a physician-scientist who currently serves as an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine in the Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. She is an advocate for promoting gender equity and serves as the Chair of the Mentorship Sub-Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Women in Critical Care Committee and past President and current board member of the Board of Directors for the Phyllis Bodel Childcare Center at Yale University.

    Dr. Jain’s research, funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the Francis Family Foundation, the Yale Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, and the Yale Office of Physician Scientist Development, focuses on improving long-term outcomes of older adults who survive hospitalization with a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). She serves as Principal Investigator of multiple research projects targeted towards improving recovery after critical illness and reducing overtreatments in the ICU that predispose older adults to long-term functional and cognitive impairments. Her expertise in long-term outcomes research after critical illness is internationally recognized as evident by her leadership as Vice-Chair of the Joint ATS/European Respiratory Society Guideline for Rehabilitation and Mobilization in the ICU and the Society of Critical Care Medicine Guideline for Caring for Critically Ill Older Adults. Dr. Jain’s proposal for the Diagnostic Excellence program aims to leverage the electronic health record system to support ICU clinicians in achieving diagnostic excellence for critically ill older adults.

    Dr. Jain completed medical school at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa before starting her fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She joined Yale School of Medicine to pursue a post-doctoral research fellowship in the NIA-funded T32 Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research program.

    Last Updated on July 30, 2025.

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    Education & Training

    MHS
    Yale School of Medicine (2022)
    Fellow
    Yale School of Medicine (2022)
    Post-Doctoral Fellow, T32 Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Related Research
    Yale School of Medicine (2022)
    Fellow
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020)
    Assistant Professor
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2018)
    Resident Physician
    University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center (2016)
    Research Scholar
    Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2013)
    MD
    All India Institute of Medical Sciences

    Research

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Snigdha Jain's published research.

    Publications

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    Activities

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      CHEST Critical Care

      2023 - PresentJournal ServiceAssociate Editor
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      Discovery Grant, Society of Critical Care Medicine

      2023 - PresentPeer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsGrant Reviewer
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      Older American Independence Centers Travel Award, National Institute on Aging

      2023 - PresentPeer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsGrant Reviewer
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      Early Career Professionals Working Group, American Thoracic Society

      2025 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsChair
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      Junior Faculty Special Interest Group, American Geriatrics Society

      2025 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsChair
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    Honors

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      Scholar in Diagnostic Excellence

      05/22/2025National AwardNational Academy of Medicine
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      Top Reviewer

      03/17/2025National AwardJAMA Internal Medicine
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      Emerging Career Award, Assembly on Behavioral Science and Health Services Research

      05/20/2024National AwardAmerican Thoracic Society
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      Presidential Poster Award, Health Services and Policy Research

      05/09/2024National AwardAmerican Geriatrics Society
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      Health in Aging Foundation New Investigator Award

      05/09/2024National AwardAmerican Geriatrics Society
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    Clinical Care

    Overview

    Snigdha Jain, MD, is a pulmonologist and critical care doctor who cares for older adults with serious illnesses, including advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

    Dr. Jain is especially dedicated to helping these patients manage complex symptoms while focusing on what matters most to them. “We don’t spend enough time talking to older adults about goals of care early in their illnesses,” she says. “That conversation shouldn’t be a one-time event answered in the hospital by a person’s family member.”

    As an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Jain investigates how differences in healthcare delivery can affect outcomes for older adults hospitalized with critical illness.

    Dr. Jain received her medical training at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences before completing a residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa. She then pursued a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and joined Yale School of Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow in geriatric clinical epidemiology.

    Clinical Specialties

    Pulmonary Critical Care

    Board Certifications

    • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine)

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2022

    • Pulmonary Disease

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2020

    • Internal Medicine

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2016

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