Arundati Muralidharan India 2009 Grantee US–Canada Program PhD in Public Health from Boston University
Work history: Arundati has experience as a public health practitioner and qualitative researcher with expertise in menstrual health and hygiene management; gender and sanitation, and sexual and reproductive health. She is driven by her interest in understanding and addressing the factors outside of the health sector that have an impact on health and influence health behavior. At WaterAid India, she aims to generate and garner evidence to advocate for the effective integration of WASH into health interventions and policy initiatives.
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WaterAid India - Manager—Policy (WASH in Health and Nutrition, WASH in Schools)
Public Health Foundation of India - Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Faculty
PAANCH (Co-founder) PAANCH was a multi-disciplinary collective that explored innovative solutions for water and sanitation challenges in low-income urban settlements.
Boston University School of Public Health - Teaching Assistant / Research Assistant
Publications:
Increasing latrine use in rural Karnataka, India using the risks, attitudes, norms, abilities, and self-regulation approach: A cluster-randomized controlled trial, Max Friedrich, Tejaswi Balasundaram, Arundati Muralidharan, V R Raman, Hans-Joachim Mosler, 2019, The Science of The Total Environment – Article
Closing the loop in India's sanitation campaign for public health gains, V R Raman, Arundati Muralidharan, 2019, The Lancet – Article
Constrained Choices? Menstrual Health and Hygiene Needs Among Adolescents in Mumbai Slums, Arundati Muralidharan, 2019, Indian Journal of Gender Studies – Article
Menstrual Hygiene Management and Waste Disposal in Low and Middle Income Countries—A Review of the Literature, Myles F. Elledge, Arundati Muralidharan, Alison Parker, Kristin T. Ravndal, Mariam Siddiqui, Anju P. Toolaram, Katherine P. Woodward; 2018, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health – Article
Weaving It Together: Concepts, Methods and Indicators, Devaki Nambiar, Arundati Muralidharan, 2017, The Social Determinants of Health in India – Chapter
See the following web address for more publications: https://app.dimensions.ai/discover/publication?and_facet_researcher=ur.01165527413.86
