Regional Experience: Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Ukraine, Kazakhstan)
Tara is a public health researcher with over 8 years of experience studying access to healthcare for people living with HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She has directed multiple research grants funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, with a focus on evaluating both intervention effectiveness as well as intervention implementation. She seeks to produce community-engaged, culturally relevant, and applied research that promotes equitable access to healthcare in the Eastern European and Central Asian regions.
Tara holds two Masters degrees, in Public Health and in International Affairs. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences.
She speaks Ukrainian and Russian