Department/Institute Affiliation(s)

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Environmental Health & Engineering

Sanjana Ravi is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Environmental Health & Engineering at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her work focuses on understanding and improving health system responses to a range of public health threats. Her research includes analyses of challenges related to the emergency dissemination of novel medical countermeasures, strategies for strengthening healthcare coalitions, building equitable community health systems, and risk communication challenges during public health emergencies. She is also an Associate Editor and Academic Editor of the peer-reviewed journals Health Security and PLOS Global Public Health, respectively.

Dr. Ravi completed a Ph.D. in Health Systems through the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where her doctoral research examined last-mile challenges in vaccine delivery, post-epidemic routine immunization challenges, and vaccination equity in resource-constrained settings. Previously, she received an MPH in infectious disease management, intervention, and community practice from the University of Pittsburgh and served as a Global Impact Fellow with Unite for Sight in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, delivering basic eye care to underserved regions. She is also a member of the Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society.