Megan Srinivas
Megan Srinivas | |
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Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 30th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Brian Lohse |
Personal details | |
Born | Fort Dodge, Iowa, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Harvard University (AB, MPH) University of Iowa (MD) |
Megan L. Srinivas is an American politician and physician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the 30th district. Elected in November 2022, she assumed office on January 1, 2023.
Early life and education
[edit]Srinivas was born and raised in Fort Dodge, Iowa. After graduating from Fort Dodge Senior High School as her class's valedictorian, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in evolutionary biology from Harvard University.[1] Srinivas earned a Doctor of Medicine from the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa and a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[2]
Career
[edit]Srinivas completed an internal medicine residency at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an infectious disease fellowship at the UNC School of Medicine.[3] She remained at Chapel Hill as an infectious disease researcher and clinical instructor until 2022. Srinivas was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in November 2022.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Declaration of Dr. Megan Srinivas" (PDF). ACLU of Iowa. September 3, 2021.
- ^ "Megan Srinivas' Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ^ "The Doctor is In: Indian American Megan Srinivas Wins Democratic Nomination in Iowa's House District 30". American Kahani. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ^ "Megan Srinivas". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- Living people
- American physicians
- Physicians from Iowa
- People from Fort Dodge, Iowa
- People from Webster County, Iowa
- Harvard University alumni
- University of Iowa alumni
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni
- Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
- Women state legislators in Iowa
- 21st-century American women politicians
- American infectious disease physicians
- University of North Carolina School of Medicine faculty
- 21st-century American legislators