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 Publishes Research Article in The Economic and Labour Relations Review (08/21/2025)
- 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 quantitative public policy researcher focusing on gender equality and health in low and middle-income countries, with an emphasis on women's economic empowerment. Her research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, including Health Economics, The Lancet Public Health, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, and The Journal of Development Studies. Vedavati is a Research Scientist-Consultant at the Center on Gender Equity and Health at the University of California, San Diego. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Gender Equality Metrics team at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). She is an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the Evans School of Public Policy at UW Seattle and holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy & Management from the University of Washington.