Talk to sales Try for Free
Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPH

Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPH

Founder and Executive Director

Followers of Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPH979 followers
location of Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPHWashington, District of Columbia, United States

Connect with Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPH to Send Message

Connect

Connect with Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPH to Send Message

Connect

  • Timeline

  • About me

    Pediatrician and global public health professional specializing in maternal-newborn health, child health, and pediatric obesity and nutrition

  • Education

    • University of Michigan Medical School

      -
      MD Medicine

    • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

      -
      MPH Public Health

      Activities and Societies: Reynolds Foundation Fellow, Kennedy School of Government Center for Public Leadership

    • University of Michigan

      -
      Bachelor of Arts - BA Spanish Language and Literature

  • Experience

    • The Quito Project

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2012
      Founder and Executive Director

      As a medical student, founded a research and service organization in partnership with the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health and civil society organizations to implement and study innovative programs in health, nutrition, and education in Quito. To date over 1,000 volunteers and staff have worked with The Quito Project, and it is the longest-running student organization at the University of Michigan Health System.

    • International AIDS Society

      May 2007 - Aug 2007
      Global Health Fellow

    • Children's National Hospital

      Jan 2009 - Jan 2012
      Pediatrics Resident

    • World Health Organization

      Aug 2009 - Nov 2009
      Research Fellow

    • Community Empowerment Lab

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
      Program Manager and Research Scientist

      Technical lead for the development of a newborn intervention package, delivery strategy, and operational plan for scale-up of essential newborn practices using women’s participatory groups in rural Uttar Pradesh

    • The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2017
      Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

      Lecturer, mentor, and oversight of scholarly work of public health graduate students and medical trainees.

    • Save the Children US

      Oct 2013 - Aug 2019

      *Received a grant to re-design a maternal-newborn hospital unit in Malawi to deliver more family-centered care in partnership with Malawi Ministry of Health and Purdue University.

      • Project Lead

        Jan 2018 - Aug 2019

      • Newborn Advisor, Dept of Global Health

        Oct 2013 - Dec 2017

    • Yale University

      Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
      Lecturer, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs

    • Jhpiego

      Mar 2022 - now
      Principal Technical Advisor, Maternal Newborn Health

    • White Oak Pediatrics

      -
      Pediatrician

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Board Certification in Pediatrics

      American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)

    • Board Certification in Obesity Medicine

      American Board of Obesity Medicine

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPH
      Changemaker for Children Save the Children 2019
    • Awarded to Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPH
      Harvard University Center for Public Leadership Fellow - 2007
    • Awarded to Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPH
      Michigan Leadership Award University of Michigan 2007
    • Awarded to Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPH
      Michigan Medicine Alumni Society Student Award University of Michigan Medical School 2006