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Ms. Megha Jha | Telehealth and Telemedicine | Best Researcher Award

Senior Researcher | Center for Improving Value in Health Care | United States

Dr. Megha Jha is a public health researcher and healthcare data analyst with over eight years of experience in health economics, outcomes research, and program evaluation, integrating advanced analytics with applied public health policy to promote equitable healthcare delivery. As a Senior Evaluation and Research Analyst at the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) in Denver, Colorado, she leads evaluations using the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) to address issues such as dental care access, Medicaid unwind, COVID-19 impacts, telehealth utilization, and social determinants of health. Her expertise spans healthcare claims analysis, policy evaluation, and disparities research, employing SAS, SQL, R, and Tableau to generate actionable insights for agencies and nonprofits serving underserved and BIPOC communities. She has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications in Preventive Medicine, Toxins, African Journal of AIDS Research, and the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, advancing understanding of how structural and socioeconomic factors influence health outcomes. Previously, she held analytical and epidemiological roles at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Alabama Medicaid Agency, contributing to NIH-funded studies and state-level health program evaluations. Trained as both a dentist (BDS) and an epidemiologist (MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham), Dr. Jha brings an interdisciplinary perspective bridging clinical practice and population health research. Through collaborations with academic institutions, state agencies, and initiatives such as the Multi-State Data Initiative (MSDI), she continues to strengthen the evidence base for data-driven policy and equitable healthcare transformation, making a sustained impact on public health systems locally and globally.

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Featured Publications

Akinyemiju, T., Jha, M., Moore, J. X., & Pisu, M. (2016). Disparities in the prevalence of comorbidities among U.S. adults by state Medicaid expansion status. Preventive Medicine, 88, 196–202.

Jolly, P. E., Akinyemiju, T. F., Jha, M., Aban, I., Gonzalez-Falero, A., & Joseph, D. (2015). Temporal variation and association of aflatoxin B₁ albumin-adduct levels with socio-economic and food consumption factors in HIV-positive adults. Toxins, 7(12), 5129–5140.

Jolly, P. E., Padilla, L. A., Ahmed, C., Harris, C., Mthethwa, N., Jha, M., Ba, I., Styles, A., Hope, S. P., Brooks, R., Naluyinda-Kitabire, F., Mamba, M., & Preko, P. (2018). Barriers to antiretroviral therapy initiation for HIV-positive children aged 2–18 months in Swaziland. African Journal of AIDS Research, 17(2), 193–202.

Ford, D. H., Jardim, R., Landry, K., Jha, M., Nwi-Mozu, I., Joines, K., & Isiogu, M. (2025). Impact of provider health information exchange services on patient utilization of emergency room and inpatient practices in Colorado. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(21), 7783.

Ford, D. H., Landry, K., Jha, M., & Meyer, M. (2025). Hospice care in Colorado: A claims-based identification approach. 2025 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting.

Dr. Megha Jha’s research advances data-driven public health policy by translating complex healthcare data into actionable insights that promote equity, efficiency, and access in healthcare systems. Her work bridges epidemiology, health economics, and data science to inform evidence-based interventions that reduce disparities and strengthen population health outcomes globally.

Megha Jha | Telehealth and Telemedicine | Best Researcher Award

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