Amita Vyas, PhD, MSAmita N. Vyas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health. 
At the age of 20, Professor Vyas journeyed to Calcutta to work alongside Mother Teresa in the Missionaries of Charity. In one eye-opening summer, she saw what the social determinants of health and well-being really mean to vulnerable populations, and from that extraordinary experience decided to pursue a career in public health. Today, her work focuses on reproductive health care, adolescent health, and the health and development of immigrant children and adolescents. She is also an expert in multi-level research methods and evaluation. Dr. Vyas continues to hold an adjunct position in the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She was previously on the research faculty of that institution's Center for Adolescent Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, where she earned its Kann-Trowbridge Award for outstanding research in the area of population and family health. EducationBachelor of Science (Biological Sciences), University of Connecticut, 1994 TeachingPubH 372-Reproductive Health, Department of Prevention and Community Health ResearchDr. Vyas is principal investigator for Pathways to Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, a three-year longitudinal study jointly funded by the CDC and the Association of Schools of Public Health, which explores the multi-level influences on pregnancy ambivalence, contraceptive use, and unintended pregnancy among adolescents in Baltimore. Her other recent research has emphasized reproductive health, Latino health, and disease prevention and health promotion in adolescent populations. Community ServiceProfessor Vyas serves on the board of the South Asian Public Health Association, where she was co-editor of "The Brown Paper: The Health of South Asians in the United States," the first national initiative to evaluate existing knowledge about the health of this population. She is also a member of the advisory panel of Youth PATHS to Prevent Teen Pregnancy in Baltimore and a grant reviewer for the CDC's Special Emphasis Panel on Reproductive Health and Latino Youth. DepartmentsInstitutes & CentersResearch ActivitiesCommunity ActivitiesPublications |
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