Snigdha Jain, MD, MHS

Snigdha Jain is an Assistant Professor in the Section of Pulmonary, Critical care and Sleep Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Jain completed her 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 as a post-doctoral fellow in the NIA-funded T32 Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research program to pursue her research interest of improving health outcomes of critically ill older adults. Her research program, funded by the National Institutes on Aging (NIA) Grant for Early Medical and Surgical Specialists Transitioning to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) Award, the Parker B. Francis Family Foundation Fellowship Award, the Yale Pepper Center Scholar Award, and the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation Scholar Award, focuses on improving patient-centered outcomes of older adults with serious illnesses including critical illness.

Dr. Jain’s work has been recognized with numerous awards including the Emerging Career Award by the Behavioral Sciences and Health Services Research Assembly of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the Health in Aging Foundation New Investigator Award by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), and the Emerging Generations Award by the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI). She serves on the Planning Committee of the Critical Care Assembly of the American Thoracic Society, the Discovery Steering Committee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and as an Associate Editor for Chest Critical Care.