Meghana Rajashekara Swamy MD MPH MS

I am a board-certified family physician with a deep commitment to advancing the health and well-being of older adults. I completed my residency in Family Medicine at Brown University, where I gained robust clinical training in geriatrics through elective rotations in nursing homes, home-based care, memory clinics, and inpatient consultative services. These experiences reinforced my interest in age-related cognitive disorders and the delivery of comprehensive, person-centered care.

To complement my clinical training with population-level insight, I earned a Master of Public Health in Aging and Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This program strengthened my foundation in epidemiology, health policy, and program evaluation, and broadened my understanding of the systemic challenges facing older adults and their caregivers.

Currently, I am pursuing a combined T32 postdoctoral research fellowship and a clinical geriatrics fellowship at Yale University. My research focuses on hearing loss, hearing aid use, and the prevention of cognitive decline. Specifically, I aim to identify modifiable risk factors that contribute to cognitive impairment in older adults, evaluate the role of hearing interventions in delaying progression from normal cognition/mild cognitive impairment to dementia, and contribute to evidence-based strategies that preserve cognitive function and promote healthy aging. My goal is to bridge clinical practice and public health research to inform interventions that are both scalable and impactful across diverse older populations.