Swathi Srinivasan Named a 2025 Soros Fellow

Trinity alumnus Swathi Srinivasan (2021) has been selected as a 2025 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. She will pursue a PhD in Population Health Sciences at Harvard University.

The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports one to two years of graduate study in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program in the United States. Swathi is one of 30 Fellows from all over the United States and world who are pursuing graduate school in the United States. Selected from more than 2,600 applicants, each of the recipients was chosen for their potential to make significant contributions to the United States and will receive up to $90,000 in funding over two years.

Swathi, whose parents emigrated from India to the United States for graduate study in the sciences, was born in Ohio. She studied social studies and history of science at Harvard, focussing on understanding the origins and impacts of inequity and injustice on health outcomes, particularly among people who use drugs and people living with, or at risk of, HIV/AIDS. Swathi conducted research on the overdose crisis response in Ohio and Portugal and also explored health equity efforts through internships, including at the UN and the White House. She also worked with fellow students to found HCOPES (Harvard College Overdose Prevention and Education Students), to educate community members on overdose prevention. 

Swathi came to Trinity as a Rhodes Scholar to take an MPhil in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, researching US involvement in South Africa’s HIV/AIDS response. After completing the MPhil, Swathi received a year-long grant from the Rhodes Trust to document the global overdose response, which took her to over 15 countries across four continents. She is currently an AmeriCorps (the US federal agency for national service and volunteering) Fellow in overdose prevention at Boston Health Care for the Homeless, where she supports unhoused people through harm reduction, health education, and case management.