Bio

Himaja Nagireddy (she/her) is a PhD student in Health Policy at Stanford. She previously served as a Program Manager at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, an affiliate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, in Baltimore, MD.

Prior to this, Himaja served as the Deputy Associate Policy Director for First Lady Dr. Jill Biden at the White House, Briefings Manager for the Harris-Walz campaign, and Research Fellow at the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). She also served as the 11th Youth Observer to the UN from 2022-23. Himaja graduated with an MS in Environmental Epidemiology and a concentration in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2022, and her bachelor’s degrees in Physiology and Neurobiology, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Sociology from the University of Connecticut in 2020.

Education & Certifications

  • Master of Science, Harvard University, Environmental Health (2022)
  • Bachelor of Science, University of Connecticut, BS Physiology and Neurobiology (2020)
  • BS, BS, BA, University of Connecticut, Molecular & Cell Biology, Physiology and Neurobiology, Sociology (2020)
  • MS, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Environmental Health (2022)

Contact

  • Academic
    himaja@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Health Policy Position: Graduate