About Me
Dr. Aditi Srivastav is the Director of Research at Children’s Trust of South Carolina. She leads mixed methods research efforts on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), race equity, community mobilization, and public opinion to improve family and community resilience. Her research has has been published in several well-respected peer review journals.
In her role, Aditi oversees the South Carolina ACE Initiative and KIDS COUNT South Carolina, in which she directs all data dissemination and translates research for organizational strategy, community action and social change through community training, data visualizations, issue briefs, data profiles, blogs, and one-pagers.
Education
2019 - PhD, Health Promotion Education and Behavior, University of South Carolina
2013 - MPH, Health Policy, George Washington University
2011 - BA, American Government, Minor, Public Health, University of Virginia
Experience
Director of Research, Children’s Trust of South Carolina
Research and Community Impact Manager, Children’s Trust of South Carolina
Graduate Research Assistant, University of South Carolina
Project Manager, AcademyHealth
Academic and Subspecialty Advocacy Specialist, American Academy of Pediatrics
Health Policy Associate, Forscey and Stinson LLC
Honors
Columbia’s Best and Brightest Under 35 (2020)
Jim Clyburn Health Equity Leadership Award
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Health and Wellbeing
Olga Ogoussan Doctoral Research Award
University of South Carolina Graduate Civic Scholar, Cohort Two
Norman J. Arnold Graduate Fellowship