Moraa Onsando, MD, MPH

Wambui Moraa Onsando is a PhD student at The Dartmouth Institute and prior research assistant at the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health. Born in Kenya, Moraa graduated with an MD from St. George’s University in Grenada before attaining her MPH from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Her masters culminated in a project exploring the widespread implications of medical tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa and an internship that examined the obstacles faced by women in the peripartum period suffering from opioid addiction. As a former Health Equity Research Fellow, she worked with PIs in the Health Equity and Advocacy lab to explore housing, food insecurity and discrimination as social determinants of health. She is passionate about understanding how barriers to an optimal provider-patient relationship, and the applications of patient centered communication in an ever-changing healthcare delivery landscape, can help bridge health equity gaps. Moraa enjoys music and unwinds by playing guitar and ukelele. She has 2 dogs and a craft obsession for every season.