Megan Srinivas | |
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| Member of the IowaHouseofRepresentatives from the 30th district | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Lohse |
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| Born | Fort Dodge,Iowa,U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Harvard University (AB,MPH) University of Iowa (MD) |
Megan L. Srinivas is an American politician and physician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the 30th district. Elected in November 2022,she assumed office on January 1,2023.
Srinivas was born and raised in Fort Dodge,Iowa. After graduating from Fort Dodge Senior High School as her class's valedictorian,she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in evolutionary biology from Harvard University. [1] Srinivas earned a Doctor of Medicine from the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa and a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. [2]
Srinivas completed an internal medicine residency at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an infectious disease fellowship at the UNC School of Medicine. [3] She remained at Chapel Hill as an infectious disease researcher and clinical instructor until 2022. Srinivas was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in November 2022. [4]
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