Sanyukta Mathur

Dr. Sanyukta Mathur is a social and behavioral scientist and senior associate at the Population Council. Over the past 17 years her research has examined the individual, social, and structural determinants of health and health behaviors, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health. She is currently the Co-PI on several studies assessing the acceptability of a new multi-purpose prevention technologies to help women avoid HIV and unintended pregnancies. She leads a portfolio of work on evidence synthesis for HIV prevention programming for adolescent girls and young women and a study testing a digital chatbot tool to enhance HIV prevention and PrEP uptake. Prior to joining the Population Council, Dr. Mathur was an Assistant Professor the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and led research on fertility intentions and HIV prevention. Prior to that she was a Public Health Specialist at International Center for Research on Women, where she led several research studies on youth participation, youth livelihoods, reproductive health, HIV-related stigma and discrimination, and integrated programming. Sanyukta holds a BSc in Psychology and a gender studies certificate from University of Maryland at College Park, Master of Health Science from Johns Hopkins University, and a Doctorate in Public Health from Columbia University.