Postdoctoral Scholar, Evans School Policy Analysis and Research Group (EPAR)
University of Washington
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Dr. Vedavati Patwardhan is an interdisciplinary researcher focusing on women’s economic empowerment in low- and middle-income countries. Her research examines gender equity and inclusion in the context of agriculture, livelihoods, and health, and has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals including Health Economics, The Lancet Public Health, The Journal of Development Studies, and The Economic and Labour Relations Review. One line of her research focuses on the role of contextual and household-level factors affecting women's economic participation. Other strands of her work examine the intersection of gender and health.
Currently, Dr. Patwardhan is a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Evans School Policy Analysis & Research Group (EPAR) at the University of Washington. Previously, she was a Research Consultant at the Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) at UC San Diego, and a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Dr. Patwardhan holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy & Management from the University of Washington, an M.A. in Global Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B.A. in Economics from Fergusson College, Pune, India.