Kavita Radhakrishnan

Biography

Dr. Kavita Radhakrishnan received her PhD in Nursing Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She holds a Master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Electronics and Electrical Engineering. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania New Courtland Center for Transitions and Aging.

Dr. Radhakrishnan’s research applies current and emerging technologies such as telemonitoring, connected sensors, digital gaming and artificial intelligence to facilitate cardiovascular disease self-management. She has also applied a game-based intervention to motivate end-of-life planning among South Asian Indians. The long-term goal of her research is to develop affordable and scalable health interventions that enable ‘aging in place’. Dr. Radhakrishnan has been funded for over $10 million by various funders such as National Institutes of Health, Texas Department of Health and Human Services and Sigma Theta Tau International. She has authored more than 65 articles which have been cited in publications from more than 30 countries. She has also taught content related to health information systems, nursing research and precision health science in undergraduate and graduate courses.

Dr. Radhakrishnan has served as an expert advisor on the American Heart Association’s policy task force on implementation of telehealth in cardiovascular and stroke care and as a member of the American Heart Association’s Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Committee and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Committee. She serves on national committees for the National Institutes of Health and served on the Expert Panel on Informatics and Technology of the Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). Dr. Radhakrishnan is a member of the Texas Department of Health and Human Services' Texas Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Partnership. She also served as the Board Commissioner for the City of Austin Asian American Quality of Life Commission (2016-2020). Currently, Dr. Radhakrishnan is a Professor, Dean, and the Laura Lee Blanton Chair in Nursing at The University of Texas Austin School of Nursing.