Devina Wadhera

Devina Wadhera is currently Faculty Associate for both the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts and the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. She is currently the Office Chief for the Prevention Epidemiology and Evaluation Team within the Bureau of Assessment and Evaluation at the Arizona Department of Health Services.  In this position, she leads a team of 7 epidemiologists and senior epidemiologists and maintains oversight of the design, implementation, and evaluation of advanced epidemiologic studies and surveillance systems, with a focus on maternal and child health, chronic diseases, injuries, and violence, including drug overdoses, and other emerging public health priorities. Before this, she was the lead evaluator for the Arizona WIC program. In her role as Clinical Assistant Professor at Arizona State University from 2016 to 2019, she led and administered the development of new undergraduate programs in psychology and counseling. She also taught courses for these programs. She earned a dual degree, a B.S. in Nutrition and B.A. in Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2007. She then moved to Arizona State University and earned a PhD in psychology in 2013.  Her research interests are focused on increasing the consumption of healthy foods in children and adults. She has authored 15 papers in scientific, peer-reviewed journals and presented in numerous national and international conferences.