
Rajesh Vedanthan
@rvedanthan
Director, Section for Global Health, NYUGSOM
Cardiologist, Global Cardiology, Global Health, Husband, Dad.
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"Air pollution has been called the “greatest single environmental health risk” by a new report, which says deaths from cardiovascular conditions caused by air pollution have been rising for a decade." The #WorldHeartReport 2024 featuring in World Economic Forum 👇 weforum.org/agenda/2024/06…

Just published in The Lancet Global Health Cost-effectiveness of group medical visits and microfinance interventions to manage hypertension in Kenya thelancet.com/journals/langl… Population Health Institute for Excellence in Health Equity NYU Grossman School of Medicine Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital MoiMedicine AMPATH Kenya #globalhealth


Happy and honored to be part of this transformative initiative. Thank you to Helmsley Charitable Trust for enduring support! NYU Grossman School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Health Equity Population Health AMPATH Global Voice Of UDS UDS School of Medicine

The AMPATH Ghana Clinical Pathways program will lay the foundation for transformative improvement in quality of care throughout northern Ghana. We will leverage this foundation for meaningful education and research initiatives. Institute for Excellence in Health Equity Population Health NYU Grossman School of Medicine

We are moving forward in our vision to transform clinical training for health professionals in northern Ghana. Voice Of UDS TAMALE TEACHING HOSPITAL AMPATH Global NYU Grossman School of Medicine Population Health Institute for Excellence in Health Equity #globalhealth

We are recruiting non-invasive cardiologists to the University of Oklahoma - the largest academic program in the state. If you have interests in multimodality imaging, heart failure, adult congenital heart disease or cardio-oncology then DM or email me at [email protected]


Very excited that our academic partnership between NYU Grossman School of Medicine TAMALE TEACHING HOSPITAL Voice Of UDS supported this work led by Dr Dzifa Ahadzi. AMPATH Global Helmsley Charitable Trust Population Health Institute for Excellence in Health Equity AHA Science World Heart Federation

Clearing the Air to Address Pollution’s Cardiovascular Health Crisis, now published in Global Heart World Heart Federation Progress being made, but more to do! globalheartjournal.com/articles/10.53… #GlobalHealth NYU Grossman School of Medicine Population Health Institute for Excellence in Health Equity


Air pollution is a major risk factor for heart disease. Elvis Ndikum, member of our Air Pollution and Climate Change Expert Group, explains how serious this threat is and how it affects our hearts.

Cardiovascular disease in Africa is a “time bomb waiting to explode” according to experts from @EssexIPHW and The University of Edinburgh. Working with World Heart Federation and Clean Air Fund, the report reveals the threat of cardiovascular diseases caused by air pollution. brnw.ch/21wOCIi




Strengthening policy engagement when scaling up NCD interventions. Thank you Anusha Ramani-Chander and Amanda Thrift for your leadership, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) and Scale-up WG for your amazing support. Rajesh Vedanthan J. Jaime Miranda NCD Alliance HealthPolicyPlanning @HelenaTeede academic.oup.com/heapol/article…


Food insecurity is associated with greater difficulty accessing care among people living with HIV +/- comorbid non-communicable diseases in western Kenya gh.bmj.com/content/9/12/e… National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) MoiMedicine Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital NYU Grossman School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Health Equity Population Health AMPATH Global


It's been an honor to have such an amazing mentee! Mariam Ardehali, MD will ascend to great heights and I consider myself lucky to have worked with her! Also an important issue and an important finding. Need to take into account #SDOH when designing programs for chronic diseases



Wildfires increase indoor air pollution and blood pressure. Results of our study from western Montana. doi.org/10.1088/2752-5… via IOP Environment #wildfires Institute for Excellence in Health Equity Population Health NYU Grossman School of Medicine

