Preeti Zanwar, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., is a health economist & health services researcher, a scholar in aging with epidemiology/virology lab experience. Her scientific journey in the past two decades has involved experiences leading and supporting extramurally/intramurally funded projects at multiple U.S. research intensive medical & public health Universities. An early stage investigator, she has served as a grant reviewer for the Social and Behavioral Sciences Standing Committee for the U.S. NIA at NIH. She is fluent in reading, writing, and speaking Hindi. She has basic understanding of Sanskrit, Marathi and Urdu (languages of South East Asian Indian Sub-Continent).