Nazleen H. Bharmal, MD, PhD, MPP

Nazleen H. Bharmal, MD, PhD, MPP, Medical Director, Community Partnerships, Cleveland Clinic Community Care, received a Doctorate in Medicine from Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, a Doctorate of Philosophy in Health Services from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and a Master of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Bharmal, a former Scholar in the UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Clinical Scholars Program, is interested in stroke-risk reduction interventions administered through community-based organizations that provide healthcare enrollment, health-system navigation and health education and advocacy programs for low-income, often undocumented, South Asian immigrants primarily living in the ethnic enclaves.

Cohort

2013-14

Projects

• “Cultural adaptation of stroke risk reduction curriculum for low-income South-Asian older adults.” Dr. Bharmal’s RCMAR/CHIME- and UCLA CTSI-funded project was aimed at culturally tailoring a stroke risk factor reduction/walking promotion curriculum for low-income South-Asian seniors through input from a community advisory board (CAB) and older-adult focus-group sessions, and measuring the feasibility of implementing and evaluating the intervention in senior centers through key stakeholder interviews with center leadership, staff and clients.