Aradhika Dhawan
Literature Review Intern, she/her/hers
Aradhika Dhawan is an MPH candidate in the Environmental Health Sciences Department with a certificate in Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Dental Surgery at Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. During her internship at Dental school, she conducted a research study on Implant Placement to enhance her knowledge about Prosthodontics and hone her research skills, which was published in December 2018.
Aradhika has received various Certificates for Paper and Poster Presentations on topics such as ‘Lip Prints’, ‘Brushing Techniques’ and ‘Implant Designs Over the Years’ at both regional and National Undergraduate Conferences. She has always been passionate about public health and giving back to the community. She volunteered with various organizations in India like Make A Difference, which mobilizes young leaders towards ensuring equitable outcomes for children for a year, the Swachh Bharat Summer Internship and the National Service Scheme. Before coming to Mailman, she also had the opportunity to work as a Field Investigator in a multi-centric study to assess the effects of pesticides on human health in the state of Haryana at PGIMER -funded by The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
To further her interests in Environmental Health Sciences, she also undertook a certificate course on Tobacco Control from Public Health Foundation of India in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. At Mailman, she worked as a Teaching Assistant for Applied Environmental & Industrial Hygiene and is also a Wellness Ambassador for the Office of University Life and a volunteer at ColumbiaDoctors Connect. She also worked on a research article on Sanitizing and Disinfecting N95 Masks for COVID-19 during Spring 2020 which is yet to be published. Her future interests include working in the sphere of environmental epidemiology and environmental medicine with an emphasis on studying teeth as biomarkers to assess the impact of various environmental exposures on human health.