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Rishika Chakraborty

Rishika Chakraborty, SON Post-Doc Research Assistant

Rishika Chakraborty

Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department: Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement

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Rishika Chakraborty received her Ph.D. in Environmental Health from Indiana University Bloomington in 2023. Her area of research has focused on promoting health equity in women and children, specifically those residing in low resource settings in India, Ecuador, and South Africa. Her prior work has investigated how food and water insecurity are critical determinants of health and nutrition in children and adults, and understanding how improving socioeconomic conditions impacts women’s health, particularly mothers, in their mid-to-later life. At GWU, she is working on various projects regarding regulatory and industry contexts related to substance use (e.g. tobacco, cannabis) and health outcomes.

  • Data Management and Analysis 
  • Manuscript Writing
  • Indiana University Bloomington - Ph.D. (2023) 
  • St. Xavier's College, Kolkata - M.Sc.(2017) 
  • St. Xavier's College, Kolkata - B.Sc.(2015)

1. Beidelman, E.T., Chakraborty, R., Jock, J., Kabudula, C.W., Phillips, M., Kahn, K., Eyal, K., Bassil, D., Berkman, L., Kobayashi, L., Rosenberg, M. (2024). Impact of the South African Child Support Grant on memory decline and dementia probability in rural and low-income mothers, 2014-2021. Social Science and Medicine, 117217 

2. Chakraborty, R., Armijos, X. A., Beidelman, E.T., Rosenberg, M., & Weigel, M, M. (2024). Household Food and Water Insecurity and its Association with Diarrhea, Respiratory Illness and Stunting in Ecuadorian Children Under Five Years. Maternal and Child Nutrition, e13683

 3. Chakraborty, R., Armijos, X. A., & Weigel, M, M. (2024) Household food insecurity and physical activity behavior in Ecuadorian children and adolescents: findings from the ENSANUT-2018. Public Health Nutrition 27 (1), e67. 

4. Yu, X., Gill, A., Chakraborty, R., Kabudula, C.W., Wagner, R.G., Bassil, D., Farrell, M., Tollman, S.M., Kahn, K., Rosenberg, M., & Kobayashi, L. (2024) Mid-life household food insecurity and subsequent memory function and rate of decline in rural South Africa, 2004-2022. Neuroepidemiology 

5.Chakraborty, R., Kobayashi, L.C., Jock, J., Wing, C., Chen, X., Phillips, M., Berkman, L., Kahn, K., Kabudula, C.W., & Rosenberg, M. (2024) Child Support Grant expansion and cognitive function among women in rural South Africa: findings from a natural experiment in HAALSI cohort. Plos one, 19(3), e0297673.