Deepa Jahagirdar

Deepa Jahagirdar is a research engineer for health policy at Stanford University. Her major interests are in infectious disease modeling, estimating prevalence, incidence and deaths of disease at different geographic scales, and impact evaluation using quasi-experimental methods.  She received her PhD in Epidemiology from McGill University and completed her Master of Science in Health, Community and Development at the London School of Economics. 

Students wear bright orange and blue face paint at an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, in Chandigarh, India, on May 20, 2018.
Governance

Wrong Code

by Deepa Jahagirdar

How many HIV/AIDS deaths are we missing?

street art in romania
Governance

Criminalizing HIV Slows Progress

by Deepa Jahagirdar

Discriminatory laws keep people from seeking care and prevention information

A resident named Mrs. Oury reacts as her daughters wave behind a glass during a visit at "Les Figuiers" retirement home amid the coronavirus outbreak in Villeneuve-Loubet, France, on April 23, 2020. The photo shows a woman from behind glass while two others stand with their backs to the camera looking in. They all have their hands up. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Aging

Age in the Age of COVID-19

by Deepa Jahagirdar

Ageism and the opportunity to be different

Nepalese police officers and other officials walking inside the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu after Nepal confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country on January 28, 2020. The picture shows three officers in full uniforms and two officials wearing suits walking toward the camera down a long air terminal corridor with windows on both sides. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar.
Trade

Coronavirus and the Cruel Cost of Closing Borders

by Deepa Jahagirdar

Travel bans rarely prevent disease spread, but they have negative consequences—and may violate international health law

A graveyard in Cape Town's Khayelitsha Township, where many of those who are buried died from HIV/AIDS
Poverty

Reducing the Global Burden of HIV/AIDS—What Does the Future Hold?

by Deepa Jahagirdar

Despite successes, continued progress is at risk—hinges on addressing social, cultural, political responses to disease