Mini's Bio

Mini Murthy, MD

Padmini (Mini) Murthy is trained as a physician and did her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Murthy has practiced medicine in various countries. She has a MPH in International Health Education and an M.S. in Management of International Public Service Organizations from New York University. She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist. She is also working towards a PhD in Public health education.

She been the recipient of several awards and some of them are Best Physician at work place award, Distinguished Student Award Dean at NYU School of Education and was named Public Service Scholar at the NYU Robert F. Wagner school of Public service. She has been invited to be visiting research scholar at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2005.

Murthy has been a champion of women’s health issues and has given a number of talks on women’s health at NYU, Yale, Brown and Lehman universities. She has presented at various national and international conferences on various healths related issues.

She has experience in the, implementation, and management of public health and educational programs at the local, national, and global level. She has served as a health care consultant to healthcare providers, international non government organizations, and the United Nations. Murthy was instrumental in developing a best practices guide line for HIV/ AIDS the United Nations Population Fund HIV/ AIDS Division. ( a United Nations Agency which h is a member of the UNAIDS)

Murthy is Assistant Professor Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health., and the Program Director for the MPH Program in International Health at New York Medical College School of Public Health. She also serves on the board of a number of International NGOs and is their representative at the United Nations. Currently Murthy is working as co editor and co author of a Text Book on women’s health to be published Dec 2007/ spring 2008.