Varshini Varadaraj

MBBS, MD, MPH, MS

Varshini Varadaraj is a research associate at the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Center.

Dr. Varadaraj’s research goals are to improve the health of older adults with disabilities, with a focus on vision loss, using a data-driven approach. Her research focuses on examining disparities in health and health care access for people with disabilities, and her prior work has broadly concentrated on two interrelated areas: aging with vision loss and access to care.

She completed her medical and ophthalmology residency training at Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India, and received her master of public health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with concentrations in epidemiology and biostatistics. She completed her postdoctoral research training at the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

JHU Center Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center

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@VarshiniV15

Specialties and Expertise

Aging
Big Data
Disabilities
Social Determinants of Health

Publications

Jessica Campanile J. Cerilli C, Varadaraj V, Sweeney F, Smith J, Zhu J, Yenokyan G Swenor BK (2022). Accessibility and Disability Inclusion Among Top-Funded U.S. Undergraduate Institutions. Plos One.

Kumar P, Campanile J, Swenor BK, Varadaraj V (2022). Stigma among older adults with age-related vision impairment. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness.

Varadaraj V, Wahl M, Gajwani P, David, Dutson M, Zhao D, Guallar E, Swenor BK, Johnson TV, Friedman DS (2022). Outcomes and Revenue Generation of a Community-Based Screening at a Center in the United States: The SToP Glaucoma Program. Journal of Glaucoma.

Mgboji GE, Varadaraj V, Thanitcul C, Canner JK, Woreta FA, Soiberman US, Srikumaran (2022). Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty and Penetrating Keratoplasty for Keratoconus: A claims-based analysis. Cornea.

Varadaraj V, Guo X, Reed NS, Smith K, Boland MV, Nanayakkara AJ, Swenor BK (2022). Identifying Accessibility Requests for Patients with Disabilities Through an Electronic Health Record-Based Questionnaire. JAMA Network Open.

Varadaraj V, Deal JA, Campanile J, Reed NS, Swenor BK (2021). National Prevalence of Disability and Disability Types Among Adults in the United States, 2019. JAMA Network Open.

2021 Career Impact Award, Horizons by Hopkins, Johns Hopkins University

2021 First place at poster competition, Research on Aging Showcase, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2019 Outstanding podium presentation, Wilmer Research Meeting

2019 Winner of the MIT Poster Award Competition in Clinical Epidemiology, ARVO

2019 Third place at poster competition, Research on Aging Showcase, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2018 Winner of the Excellence in Diversity Poster Symposium, Johns Hopkins

2018 Outstanding poster award, Wilmer Research Meeting

2015 Elected Director of Education, Diaspora Health Network

2014 Elected Master of Public Health Class Centennial Representative

2013 Top ranked graduating resident in ophthalmology for clinical and academic performance, Sri Ramachandra University

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