Divya Gumudavelly

Divya Gumudavelly is a Masters of Public Health candidate at the Yale School of Public Health. She is an aspiring mixed methods researcher who hopes to create sustainable, culturally competent multi level interventions that address maternal and child health, global health, mental health, and chronic diseases. She graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in May 2020 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Neuroscience and Sociology of Health and Medicine. Upon graduation, Divya served as the Research Program Coordinator for the EMBRace Lab at the University of Michigan School of public health. In engaging with underserved communities in the metro Detroit area, she developed a passion for community based participatory research and advocating for access to mental healthcare for all.