Padmini Murthy
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Padmini Murthy is a physician, Professor and Global Health Director at New York Medical College. In 2016 she was awarded the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal by the American Medical Women's Association for her contribution to the field of women in medicine.
Murthy is a qualified physician who has been practicing for over 30 years.[1] She attended medical school at Guntur Medical College in India,[2] and she did her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology.[3] She has a Master's in Public Health from New York University and a Master's in Management from New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.[4] During her time at New York University, she was on the Dean's list at the Steinhart School of Education and has been named as Public Service Scholar at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Career
Murthy is a Certified Health Education Specialist with the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing.[5] She services on United Nations NGO committees as a representative of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)[6] and has previously been a consultant to the United Nations.[7] She was appointed Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights of the American Public Health Association for three consecutive terms,[8] starting in November 2012.[9] She is currently an associate professor in Health Policy and Management and Family and Community Medicine and Global Health Director at New York Medical College.[10]
Murthy is an advocate for promoting safe motherhood initiatives. She focuses her research on human rights and women's health and works with underserved communities in India, Malawi, Grenada, and Nepal[9] to educate others and focus on the social determinants of health and safe motherhood practices.[6] She has supplied up to 5,000 safe motherhood kits to women in India, Malawi, Grenada, and Nepal. The Governor General of Grenada has acknowledged Murthy's public health efforts targeted towards the women of Grenada. Murthy has spoken on the radio show Millennium Development Goals on African Views Radio, where she was a host and a scriptwriter. She has given various talks as a keynote speaker at several universities and international conferences.[11]
Personal life
Murthy's hobbies include reading, cooking, doing yoga, and traveling. She has visited six out of the seven continents and has expressed that she would like to visit all seven continents. She has a daughter[12]
