Varuna Srinivasan

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Title: Sexual Health Consultant
Education: Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University, Johns Hopkins University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Expertise: Sexual Health, LGBTQIA Health, Reproductive Justice

Varuna Srinivasan is a gender justice activist, writer, sexual health consultant, and co-chair of the Women’s Mental Health Conference at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Experience

Varuna is a sexual health consultant at Tara Health Media in New York City. They are a gender justice advocate and published writer on intersectional feminism, reproductive health, gender, and sexuality. They are also a co-chair of the Women's Mental Health Conference at Yale, which focuses on contemporary issues affecting women and gender minorities surrounding mental health.

Previously Varuna worked as a medical doctor in central India in a maternal and child health clinic where they conducted deliveries, managed obstetric emergencies, and worked in the pediatric inpatient and outpatient departments.

Education

Varuna obtained their medical degree at Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University in India, their Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, and is a fellow of the Royal School of Public Health in the U.K.

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