Akash Malhotra

Akash Malhotra is a PhD student in Implementation Science in the University of Washington's Department of Global Health. He completed his undergraduate degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2015 at the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology at the University of Delhi. Following this he worked at Bain and Company, a global management consulting firm, at their India and Africa offices. He transitioned to the field of public health in 2018, working for the Clinton Health Access Initiative supporting service delivery of their Tuberculosis, Oxygen, Vaccines, Nutrition, SRMNCAH, and Health System Strengthening programs in Southeast Asia. Akash pursued his MPH at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), graduating in December 2021. After graduating, he continued exploring his interests in costing, cost-effectiveness, program management, and implementation science, working at the Department of Epidemiology at JHSPH helping support clinical trials in East Africa.  Akash’s experience focuses on addressing delays in patient diagnosis and linkage to care, applying both a patient-and-provider-centered approach in low resource settings.

Akash worked on five projects during his time with START, acting as the Project Manager for one of them. Below are highlights from two of the projects Akash worked on:

• Vaccine IPM Valuations: The START Team collaborated with Sarah Metzger to gather vital inputs and estimates for vaccine coverage costs, rollout timelines, and efficacy. They compiled this data into comprehensive spreadsheets, which then fed into larger models for cost-effectiveness analysis.
• Comprehensive Analysis of Non-symbiotic Nitrogen Fixing Mechanisms: The START team meticulously reviewed and synthesized current research on underexplored biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) modes, including:
  • Stem-modulating BNF
  • Cyanobacteria
  • Azolla-Anabaena, Nostoc, and BGA

Akash will continue to work on his dissertation in Implementation Science in the University of Washington's Department of Global Health.