Kushmita Bhakta

Kushmita Bhakta, MPH, currently serves as a Clinical Quality Analyst at Blue Shield of California since August 2023. Previously, Kushmita worked as a Health System Council Analyst at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, where responsibilities included creating clinical implementation models and analyzing clinical biometrics. Prior experience includes data analytics roles in the Department of Epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health and public health internships evaluating traffic safety data. Kushmita has also held research coordination positions at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and previously contributed to student government activities at UC Irvine. Kushmita earned a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Emory University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from UC Irvine.