Dr. Jaya
Dr. Jaya is a Senior Program Officer, Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health at United Nations Population Fund’s, Delhi office (2008 onwards). She earned a masters (2000-01) and doctorate in public health (2001-05) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Jaya trained as a physician (1986-91) at Delhi University and has a post graduate diploma in community health administration (1994-96) also from Delhi University.
She is interested in studying transitions to adulthood from both a physiological and sociological perspective to enable young people to respond to real life situations effectively. Over the next few years, Jaya would like to contribute towards generating and consolidating the evidence from existing pilots and programs to strengthen the agenda of youth-friendly research, programs and policies in India.
She is interested in studying transitions to adulthood from both a physiological and sociological perspective to enable young people to respond to real life situations effectively. Over the next few years, Jaya would like to contribute towards generating and consolidating the evidence from existing pilots and programs to strengthen the agenda of youth-friendly research, programs and policies in India.