Brita Roy

Brita Roy, MD, MPH, MHS is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine (General Medicine) and an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health (Chronic Diseases). She also serves as Director of Population Health for Yale Medicine. Her research focuses on positive psychosocial factors, community well-being frameworks, and cardiovascular outcomes. Dr. Roy holds degrees from Vanderbilt University (BE Biomedical Engineering), Wayne State University (MS Biomedical Engineering), the University of Michigan (MD/MPH), and completed residency and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Yale.

Research interests include mitigating chronic stress’s impact on cardiovascular health, community-level interventions for disease reduction, and developing frameworks for collective well-being. She has published on firearm violence prevention, post-release cardiovascular care, and gender disparities in academic medicine leadership.

Notable awards include the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leader (2022) and Annie E. Nolte Writing Award (2020). She leads initiatives like the TRUE HAVEN gun violence intervention and directs Yale Medicine’s population health strategy. Affiliated with the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice and involved in teaching medical students and residents.