Dr. S.V. Subramanian (Subu) is Professor of Population Health and Geography at Harvard University with primary appointments in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. He serves as Faculty Chair of Harvard's Center for Geographic Analysis and holds affiliations with the Department of Sociology, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute. As founding director of Harvard's PhD program in Population Health Sciences, he established key academic infrastructure. Education: PhD in Geography (2000), University of Portsmouth, UK MPhil (1993) and MA (1991) in Geography, Delhi School of Economics BA Honors in Geography (1989), University of Delhi Research Focus: Dr. Subramanian leads the Geographic Insights Lab, pioneering data science approaches for precision public policy. His work examines: 1) Food/nutrition security in low-income countries, 2) Geographic heterogeneity in health outcomes, 3) Multilevel modeling of social inequalities, and 4) Political geography-health policy intersections. His 900+ publications employ spatial epidemiology and statistical innovation to address health disparities. Publication Trends: Recent articles demonstrate consistent focus on geospatial analysis of health disparities, particularly in Indian states and constituencies. Work emphasizes granular mortality metrics, nutritional epidemiology, and SDG monitoring using advanced statistical frameworks. Awards & Leadership: Co-Editor-in-Chief of SSM-Population Health (PROSE Award-winning journal) Editorial consultant for The Lancet Highly Cited Researcher since 2015 (top 1% citations globally) Mentoring: Has advised 185+ students across undergraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels. Developed Harvard's first course on multilevel statistical methods (taught globally since 2001). Lab Leadership: Directs the Geographic Insights Lab, which advances precision public policy through geospatial data science and cross-disciplinary health equity research.











