Radha Rajan

JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH            

DrPH candidate. Baltimore, MD.

Department of Health, Behavior and Society

JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH                                 

Master of Health Science (Honors). Certificate in Health Communication. Baltimore, MD.

Department of International Health, Social and Behavioral Interventions

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY                                                           

Bachelor of Arts (Honors). Washington, DC.

Major: Anthropology. Minor: French

Fall 2016: Global Health Communication Strategies and Skills.  George Washington Milken Institute School of Public Health.

TechChange online course: Early considerations for M&E and research for MNCH mobile messaging projects, August 2014.  Rajan R.  Presentation “Formative evaluation – Results of the MAMA Aponjon formative research study.”  700+ participants, worldwide, have accessed the online course recording.

HIPS Mobile Outreach and 24-hour Hotline Volunteer                                                                       

Washington, DC                                               

9/11 – 3/14

• Delivered non-judgmental harm reduction services through overnight outreach once a month, with particular focus on promoting the health and human rights of DC-area people involved in sex work and/or drug use.  
• Counseled callers to a national hotline using harm reduction principles, referring them to services where possible and providing a compassionate ear to those in need.  Calls ranged in topics, and often touched upon sex work, safer sex practices, relationship struggles, and housing issues. 

Journal Manuscript Peer-Reviewer                                                                                         

2/16 – present

• Peer-reviewed manuscripts and research protocols for Journal of Behavioral Medicine and BMJ.

MY CHOICE PROGRAM/ SKATA APPLICATION                                                      

Jakarta, Indonesia                                               

Exploring factors influencing ‘engagement’ with digital interventions                                            

• Gates-funded My Choice program purpose is to test innovative strategies to reinvigorate and modernize the national family planning program in Indonesia.  The Skata mobile application is one strategy for demand generation for contraception, specifically long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs).
• Advised local program implementation and app development teams on aspects of mobile app design.
• Collaborated with app developers to construct a dashboard of real-time data on app users that can be analyzed for insight into app user demographics and app use patterns.  
• Oversaw 65 structured interviews conducted in Bahasa Indonesia across three program sites.  Interviews explored feasibility, acceptability and impact of the Skata mobile application, as well as technical features, interpersonal relationships and communication norms about family planning information seeking and decision-making that either facilitate or inhibit ‘engagement,’ or sustained use of the app. 
• Conducted analyses of 20,000+ respondent baseline household survey to identify extent of mobile phone and app use, and explore knowledge, attitudes and behaviors associated with use of family planning methods.  

Cohen A, Perozich A, Rajan R, Storey JD, Persky S, Parisi J, Bowie J, Fahle J, Cho J, Krishnan A, Cohen Z, Ezike A, Schulte C, Ahmed S-R, Cheskin LJ.  “Framed Interactive Theory-Driven Texting: Effects of message framing on health behavior change for weight loss.”  Family and Community Health.  In press.

Wilopo SA [ed.], Aryanty RI [ed.], Hidayat M [cont.], Aswitama T [cont.], Wahyuningrum Y [cont.], Rajan R [cont.], Setyonaluri D [cont.], Aninditya F [cont.].  December 2015.  “Selected researches on family planning in Indonesia 2000-2015: an annotated bibliography.”  Hak Cipta, BKKBN, UNFPA & USAID.  

Pande RP, Ogwang S, Karuga R, Rajan R, Kes A, Odihambo FO, Laserson K, Schaffer K. May 2015. “Continuing with...‘a heavy heart’ – consequences of maternal death in rural Kenya.” Reproductive Health. 12 (Supplement 1): S2. 


Rajan R, Raihan A, Alam M, Agarwal S, Ahsan A, Bashir R, Lefevre A, Kennedy C, and Labrique AB. December 2013. MAMA ‘Aponjon’ Formative Research Report. Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative: Baltimore, MD, USA.

Gittelsohn J, Suratkar S, Song H-J, Sacher S, Rajan R, Rasooly IR, Bednarek E, Sharma S and Anliker JA.  September 2010.  “Process Evaluation of Baltimore Healthy Stores: A Pilot Health Intervention Program with Supermarkets and Corner Stores in Baltimore City.”  Health Promotion Practice.  11(5): 723-732.

Deutsch H, Joh-Elligers J, and Rajan R.  September 2005.  “Next Steps for MAPP.”  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.  11(5): 474-475.

Rajan R and Green E.  June 2005.  “Building Healthier Schools: Local Collaborations to Promote Nutrition and Physical Activity.”  NACCHO.