Opportunity for Health

Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP

Aditi Vasan is a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her research aims to improve the health and social service systems serving children and families living in poverty. Her current work is focused on implementing and evaluating social needs screening and support programs for medically complex children, evaluating the effects of economic interventions on child health outcomes, and reducing administrative burdens to improve government benefit program participation.

Dr. Vasan received her BA in Molecular Biology and Global Health and Health Policy at Princeton University and her MD at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed residency training in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she also served as chief resident. She thereafter completed her Masters in Health Policy Research (MSHP) at the University of Pennsylvania, as a fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program.