Education
MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2012
MBCHB, University of Edinburgh, 2006
Overview
Dr. Hansoti received both her undergraduate and medical degrees from Edinburgh University, Scotland. Comepleted a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Chicago and joined the department of Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins as an International Emergency Medicine fellow in 2012. In her short tenure at Hopkins Dr. Hansoti completed both a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Cape Town; has published over 35 manuscripts; given numerous invited talks nationally and internationally; held varied national and international leadership roles; is an active member of the JHU SOM IRB; and received a Fogarty Fellowship award, a Thrasher Early Career Award and the JHU Clinical Scientist Award.
Her primary research focuses on the development of a unique HIV testing and linkage to care intervention using an active implementation approach to overcome behavioral and organizational barriers within the Emergency Care setting in South Africa. HIV remains one of the largest contributors to morbidly and mortality in South Africa and the emergency department could be central to reducing the burden of HIV in South Africa by initiating HIV testing and linkage to care.
Apart from her research, Dr Hansoti has been very active as an educator and program builder, she is a mentor to numerous students and residents both at SOM and SPH, and serves as the Associate Director for Academic Programs at the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health under the leadership of Dr. Thomas Quinn. Recently Dr. Hansoti was named the learning director for the 94 million dollar USAID Sustaining Technical and Analytical Resources (STAR) program (previously known as the global health fellows program).
Honors and Awards
Oct 2016 INDUSEM SWASTHA JYOTI PARITOSHIK 2016 (young Investigator award), The Academic College of Emergency Experts in India.
July 2016 Ross Physician Scientist Endowment Award
July 2016 Global mHealth Initiative Scholarship Award, JHSPH
October 2015 Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP)
May 2015 Outstanding reviewer award, Academic Emergency Medicine
March 2013 Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Award, FIC, NIH
November 2012 MPH travel grand award recipient, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
November 2012 Best Speaker Award, African Federation of Emergency Medicine (AFEM) meeting
July 2012 Global Health Scholarship Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
June 2012 Outstanding Resident Research Award, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago
May 2012 Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA), Young Physician Award, SAEM
May 2012 Academy of Women in Emergency Medicine (AWAEM) Outstanding Resident Award, SAEM
2011 Johnson and Johnson Global Health Scholarship Award
2009, 2011 Team Health INDO-US Grant Award for Global Emergency Medical Sciences
2007 Seddon Society 2nd prize recipient for oral presentation