Preetha Menon Karuveetil

Preetha Menon Karuveetil is a third-year PhD student [Public Health and Occupational Health] at the Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. She is from India and has worked in program monitoring, program surveillance and policy research projects for CDC-PEPFAR, Ministry of Health, Planning Commission of India. Her 10-year public health career in India evolved into systems and policy research on creating safe spaces for adventure sports in the United Arab Emirates. She revels in field research involving long hours riding in the desert and talking to people from all walks of life.