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Aruna Chandran, MD, MPH, is a Research Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the School of Medicine, affiliated with the Department of Epidemiology and multiple research centers including the Center for Global Health, Center for Indigenous Health, and the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Data Analysis Center. She is actively engaged in research, teaching, and public health practice.
- MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2004
- MD, Johns Hopkins University, 2000
Dr. Chandran is a social epidemiologist whose research investigates how household and neighborhood factors influence health outcomes, particularly in child health, HIV, and respiratory diseases. She applies advanced quantitative and geospatial methods to cohort studies such as ECHO and the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study. Her work emphasizes health equity, program evaluation, and the social determinants of health. She has conducted extensive research in low- and middle-income countries on child injury, infectious disease surveillance, and nutritional interventions.
Her recent publications (2019–2025) focus on childhood asthma, maternal stress, BMI changes during the pandemic, social support among women with HIV, and the impact of incarceration on mental health. These studies reveal a strong trend toward using large, multisite cohort data to examine environmental, social, and biological determinants of health across the lifespan.
- Board Certified in General Pediatrics
- 2017 Student Assembly Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Recognition Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- 2004 Elected Member, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health
Dr. Chandran has served as Chief of Epidemiologic Services at the Baltimore City Health Department and is involved in teaching epidemiologic methods at both the School of Public Health and School of Medicine. She leads and contributes to major federally funded research projects and collaborates extensively across institutions and countries. Her work bridges academic research and public health practice, with a strong emphasis on translating findings into policy and intervention.
She is a key collaborator in the ECHO program and NA-ACCORD, and leads projects on emergency care surveillance in Karachi, Pakistan. Her research network spans the United States and multiple international sites, reflecting her commitment to global and domestic public health challenges.
