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Smisha Agarwal, PhD, MBA, MPH, is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her primary affiliation is with the Department of International Health, focusing on strengthening health systems in low-income settings through technological innovations. She holds a PhD, an MBA, and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Johns Hopkins University system.
Her research interests center on digital health solutions, maternal and neonatal health, community health systems, and evidence-based impact evaluations. She leads projects evaluating mobile health (mHealth) technologies, community health worker programs, and global health policy frameworks. Notable contributions include developing taxonomies for health workers and frameworks for technology evaluation in healthcare recovery.
Her recent publications explore digital determinants of health, community health workforce standardization, and mobile health interventions in primary care. She has also studied healthcare utilization patterns among children in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Agarwal collaborates widely with global health institutions and policymakers to translate research into actionable strategies for improving health equity and system resilience. Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to address systemic barriers in global health delivery.
