Vasudha Gidugu

Vasudha Gidugu joined the NEHI team in June 2021. Vasudha brings to the team over a decade of research experience focusing on mental health care. She is excited to leverage her experience to tackle a wider array of issues in health care to improve access to quality care and achieve better population health outcomes.

Prior to coming to NEHI, she was a Senior Research Scientist at Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. During her time at BU, Vasudha managed several federally funded multi-site projects to evaluate innovative services and led mixed methods studies on patient experiences of care and implementation of evidence-based practices.

Vasudha received her Ph.D. in Health Services Research from Boston University. Her undergraduate and masters training was in psychology and counseling