Sandhya Kajeepeta
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Dr. Sandhya Kajeepeta is the Senior Researcher and Statistician at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Thurgood Marshall Institute. Her research focuses on the public health consequences of structural racism, criminalization, violence, and housing insecurity. Dr. Kajeepeta was formerly a research associate at the Vera Institute of Justice where she advanced local jail decarceration efforts. Prior to that, she served as the Director of Research and Evaluation at the NYC Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence where she led the city’s research agenda for gender-based violence prevention. Dr. Kajeepeta holds a PhD in epidemiology from Columbia University, an MS in epidemiology from Harvard University, and a BS in mathematics from the University of Michigan. Her research and writing have been featured in the American Journal of Public Health, Lancet Public Health, the New York Times, New York Daily News, and Rolling Stone.
