Biography:

Dr. Swechhya Vaidya earned her medical degree from Dhaka University, Bangladesh, and completed a Master of Public Health (MPH), focusing on clinical medicine, child health, and preventive medicine. She is currently a PhD scholar in Medical and Health Sciences under a sandwich program at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, India. She also serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Science at the Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), School of Medicine/Public Health. Dr. Vaidya has published her PhD study protocol on neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants with neonatal sepsis, to be presented soon.