Saanvi Chilakapati is a first-year Public Health PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU). She earned her Master’s in Public Health from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in June 2025. Saanvi’s research interests lie in utilizing implementation science methods to expand evidence-based digital health tools for perinatal populations in rural health systems across the U.S.
Outside of academics, Saanvi enjoys going to the gym, traveling, writing, and creating content on her Instagram account dedicated to expanding education about public health careers (phdwithsaanvi)