Monika Doshi

Ph.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Monika Doshi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the UConn School of Medicine and the Health Disparities Institute. Dr. Doshi has consulted on public health research and practice projects in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America for over 20 years. Grounded in community-based participatory research through collaborations between community and academic partners, her research has centered on HIV prevention, care and treatment, mental health, women’s health, gender and sexuality, stigma and discrimination, chronic disease (e.g., cancer, diabetes), and health and human rights with a specific focus on underserved, marginalized, and vulnerable populations. More recently, she has expanded her research to examine impact of policy, community, institutional, and interpersonal level factors within the context of immigration on the health and wellbeing of US-based Latinx communities. Dr. Doshi received her Ph.D. in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She holds a Master in Public Health and a Certificate in Health and Human Rights from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Doshi is also the Founder and Principal of Saath, a public health consulting firm based in Connecticut.