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photo Tamar Krishnamurti, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: tamark@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-4855

Contact
Office: Meyran Avenue
Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-4855
Fax:
E-mail: tamark@pitt.edu
Education and Training
Education
PhD, Behavioral Decision Research, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010
MS, Social Psychology & Behavioral Decision Research, Carnegie Mellon University, 2006
BS, Biological Anthropology, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003
General Course, Cultural Anthropology, The London School of Economics and Political Science, 2002
Research Interest
Dr. Krishnamurti’s research uses and develops methods in the social and decision sciences, working with experts from multiple institutions and disciplines, to examine problems that meet at the intersection of health, risk, technology, and the environment. Her current research focuses primarily on risk perception and communication and the development of mobile health strategies to identify and intervene on health risks, including pregnancy-related risks.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Sponsored Research/Activities
Title: Identification and Prediction of Peripartum Depression from Natural Language Collected in a Mobile Health App
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Mental Health
Grant Number: R21 MH119450
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2021
Title: Understanding Use of Direct to Consumer Telemedicine for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Infections
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Grant Number: R01 AI148159
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2024
Title: University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (KL2) Urish
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Grant Number: KL2 TR001856
Start Year: 2016
End Year: 2021