Dr Apoorva Gomber, MD is a physician from India with her interest in global health centered around pediatric diabetes, health equity, disease epidemiology, and improving access to care in low- and middle-income countries. She graduated with a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) in the Department of Global Health and Population from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is currently working as Global Health Equity Fellow in the Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
She has worked on various advocacy initiatives with global organizations to improve access to insulin and understanding childhood diabetes. Her research interests focus to overcome health disparities in diabetes care globally and looking for solutions to complex problems using evidence-based data and cross-sectoral collaborations. She also serves as one of the WHO Technical Advisory Group of Experts on Diabetes to further WHO’s leadership and coordination role in promoting and monitoring global action against diabetes.
She has actively served as the South East Asia Regional Representative-elect from 2017-2019 at the Young leaders in diabetes program by International Diabetes Federation and also as a Young Leadership Program by NCD Child.
With an ardent desire to continue her work in the field, she advocates for overcoming stigma among people living with diabetes and the prevention of diabetes-related complications. Outside of research, she spends her time traveling to explore different cultures, hiking, and running marathons.