Vidhya Sasitharan

Vidhya Sasitharan is a PhD student and Planetary Health tutor at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), affiliated with the Wolfson Institute of Population Health and the Centre for Public Health & Policy. She is supervised by Dr. Doreen Montag in her doctoral research, which examines social determinants of health in pesticide poisoning among smallholder farming populations and barriers to agroecological practices. Her academic background includes an MPH from Imperial College London and a BSc in Global Health from QMUL, alongside internships at international institutions addressing NCD risk factors, healthcare access in LMICs, and environmental health.

Research interests span health policy and governance, planetary health, and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding health inequities. She has explored community health worker initiatives and employs mixed-methods frameworks to address complex health-environment interactions. Her work emphasizes marginalized populations and systemic barriers to sustainable health practices.

While no specific articles or grants are listed, her academic contributions include teaching on public health programs and collaborative projects with London City Council and NGOs.