Nishi Chaturvedi

Nishi Chaturvedi
Alma materUniversity of London
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial College London
University College London
ThesisHypertension, hypertensive end organ damage, diabetes and coronary heart disease in Afro-Caribbeans in the UK (1994)

Nishi Chaturvedi OBE is a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at University College London. Her research considers how ethnicity and lifestyle impact people's risk factors for disease. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chaturvedi explained that the increased mortality rate for people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds was due to societal inequality and how this intersects with healthcare.

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