Vedavati Patwardhan
Research Scientist, Center on Gender Equity and Health
University of California - San Diego
CSDE Research Areas:
- Environments and Populations
- Health of People and Populations
- Wellbeing of Families and Households
In the News:
- Patwardhan, Gakidou and Co-authors Explore Health Differences Between Females and Males Across Major Causes of Disease Burden (05/10/2024)
- Patwardhan Publishes New Research on Maternal Cash Transfer in India (07/10/2023)
- Patwardhan Publishes New Research on Gender Differences in Global Disability-Adjusted Life Years (04/30/2023)
- CSDE Welcomes Four New Affiliates! (09/14/2022)
Vedavati Patwardhan is a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Gender Equality Metrics (GEM) team at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at UW Seattle. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy & Management from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington, Seattle. Patwardhan is an applied microeconomist, with research interests in development economics and demography. Her research focuses on women’s economic empowerment, maternal and child health, and program evaluation in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.