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Lavanya Vasudevan, PhD, MPH, CPH

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Biography

Lavanya Vasudevan, PhD, MPH, CPH, is an associate professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. A global health and implementation researcher, her work focuses on optimizing the delivery and sustainability of evidence-based preventive interventions for vulnerable populations.

Education

Dr. Vasudevan completed her doctoral training in Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell University and received a master’s degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Vasudevan is Certified in Public Health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.

Titles & Roles

  • Associate Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health
    Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Research

A central area of Dr. Vasudevan's research involves developing and evaluating implementation strategies and behavior change interventions to support vaccination uptake across the lifespan. She also explores the use of digital health tools to deliver services and information in resource-limited settings. Her methodological expertise includes mixed methods and implementation research. Her research portfolio spans projects in the United States and international settings and leverages multidisciplinary collaborations to advance global health and science.

Publications

Title/Journal Authors Publication Date

Attitudes towards new tuberculosis vaccines among adults, adolescents and their caregivers in southern Mozambique, 2024.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

 A Lima, I Campos, D Kim, M Shiiba, LM Cranmer, S Acácio, AL García-Basteiro, L Vasudevan, K Nelson 04/01/2026

Design of an Automated Mobile Phone-Based Reminder and Incentive System: Application in a Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve the Timeliness of Childhood Vaccinations in Tanzania.

JMIR formative research

 M van Zwetselaar, J Ostermann, M Beti, JN Baumgartner, S Mfinanga, E Ngadaya, L Vasudevan, N Thielman 09/10/2025

Machine Learning Models to Predict Risk of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality From Electronic Medical Record Data: Scoping Review.

Journal of medical Internet research

 L Vasudevan, MG Kibria, LM Kucirka, K Shieh, M Wei, S Masoumi, S Balasubramanian, A Victor, JL Conklin, MN Gurcan, AM Stuebe, D Page 08/14/2025

Willingness to accept new TB vaccines among adults, adolescents and their caregivers in a high TB burden setting.

IJTLD open

 KN Nelson, LM Cranmer, L Vasudevan, A Lima, S Acacio, A García-Basteiro 07/01/2025

Digital tracking, provider decision support systems, and targeted client communication via mobile devices to improve primary health care.

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

 S Agarwal, WY Chin, L Vasudevan, N Henschke, T Tamrat, HS Foss, C Glenton, H Bergman, MS Fønhus, N Ratanaprayul, S Pandya, GL Mehl, S Lewin 04/07/2025

Retrospective analysis of pediatric patients with Burkitt lymphoma treated in Tanzania following the implementation of the 2016 National Treatment Guidelines: Poor outcomes to current standard-of-care therapy.

Pediatric blood & cancer

 H Chapman, PS Ntemi, M Gisiri, L Vasudevan, HJ Kashaigili, K Schroeder 09/01/2024

COVID-19 Diagnosis, Severity, and Long COVID Among U.S. Adolescents, National Health Interview Survey, 2022.

American journal of health promotion : AJHP

 KH Nguyen, S Chen, Y Bao, Y Lu, RA Bednarczyk, L Vasudevan 05/01/2024

Leveraging Community Health Workers and a Responsive Digital Health System to Improve Vaccination Coverage and Timeliness in Resource-Limited Settings: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Hybrid Study.

JMIR research protocols

 L Vasudevan, J Ostermann, N Thielman, JN Baumgartner, D Solomon, A Mosses, A Hobbie, NL Hair, C Liang, M van Zwetselaar, S Mfinanga, E Ngadaya 01/12/2024

Pregnant individuals' information needs and intention to vaccinate their children with routine and COVID-19 vaccines: Findings from a cross-sectional survey.

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

 L Vasudevan, SS Stinnett, L Hart, P Gomez Altamirano, A Gonzalez, K Weaver, B Gray, J Bartlett 07/01/2023

Is the intention to vaccinate enough? Systematic variation in the value of timely vaccinations and preferences for monetary vs non-monetary incentives among pregnant women in southern Tanzania.

Vaccine: X

 J Ostermann, NL Hair, S Moses, E Ngadaya, S Godfrey Mfinanga, DS Brown, J Noel Baumgartner, L Vasudevan 04/01/2023