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Megha Ramaswamy

Professor of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington
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About Megha

Ramaswamy's research focuses on mass incarceration, women's health, and sexual health. Ramaswamy is a well-established scholar in the fields of public health and behavioral medicine, with her research portfolio funded by the National Institutes of Health. Ramaswamy mentors a pipeline of trainees from high school and into junior faculty positions. Ramaswamy serves the scientific community on federal grant review panels and the local community on non-profit boards for domestic violence shelters, reproductive health organizations, and community HIV prevention initiatives.

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Contributions

Why We Need to Talk About Violence Against Women When We Talk About Cervical Cancer Prevention

Commentary,

In the News

"Letters: KC Readers Discuss Justice for Pregnant Woman, COVID Relief and Whiny Democrats," Megha Ramaswamy, The Kansas City Star, 2020.
"Letters: Readers Discuss Kansas Liquor Laws, Shackling Women Prisoners and Claire McCaskill," Megha Ramaswamy, The Kansas City Star, 2020.
"Lessons Learned From Earlier Corporate Bailouts," Megha Ramaswamy, Opinion, The New York Times, March 17, 2020.
"Should Women Rush to Get IUDs Post-election? They Should’ve Been Rushing Along!," Megha Ramaswamy, The Medical Care Blog, December 8, 2016.
"Researchers Register Voters in County Jails," Megha Ramaswamy, Racism Review, November 16, 2016.

Publications

"Reducing Drug Use, HIV Risk, and Recidivism Among Young Men Leaving Jail: Evaluation of the REAL MEN Reentry Program" (with Nicholas Freudenberg, Jessie Daniels, Martha Crum, and Danielle C Ompad). Journal of Adolescent Health 47, no. 5 (2010): 448-455.

Reports evaluation findings of a program designed to help young men leaving jail prevent HIV risks.

"Criminal Justice–Involved Women Navigate COVID-19: Notes From the Field" Health Education and Behavior 47, no. 4 (2020): 544-548.

Describes the COVID-19 experiences of women with criminal-legal involvement in the community.

"The Vagina Is a Very Tricky Little Thing Down There”: Cervical Health Literacy Among Incarcerated Women" (with Patricia J. Kelly). Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 26, no. 4 (2015): 1265-1285.

Helps establish the idea of women's cervical health literacy, based on data collected with women in jail.

 

"Corrigendum to “Impact of a Brief Intervention on Cervical Health Literacy: A Waitlist Control Study With Jailed Women”" (with Jaehoon Lee, Joi Wickliffe, Molly Allison, Amanda Emerson, and Patricia J. Kelly). Preventive Medicine Reports 6 (2017): 314–321.

Reports impact of a brief jail-based women's health literacy intervention that I designed and implemented.