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Vandana Tripathi has over 25 years of experience working in global public health. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, where she teaches in the Advanced Online MPH program. Tripathi has led significant projects such as MOMENTUM Safe Surgery Family Planning Obstetrics, overseeing initiatives in 11 countries to improve access to and the quality of safe surgical services for maternal health and family planning. Previously, she led the Fistula Care project, focusing on strengthening health system capacity to prevent and treat fistulas in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Her research interests are centered on measuring and improving healthcare quality, evaluating strategies to reduce barriers to health information services, and assessing health systems' needs and capacities related to safe surgery and maternal morbidity. Notably, she has developed validated measures for intrapartum quality care and investigated the effectiveness of digital health interventions for fistula screening and referral, as well as the associations between gender-based violence and fistula. She has also served in various roles within health programs at organizations like HealthRight International and has contributed to reproductive health and HIV/AIDS programs for numerous organizations, including Planned Parenthood and the Ford Foundation.
Department of Anthropology (GSAS)