Vandana Yadav

Mentor a multidisciplinary team delivering growth strategy for the Digital Health & Data Transformation practice. Guide project planning, stakeholder engagement, and evidence synthesis to inform competitive positioning, funding diversification, and strategic growth across African and international markets.

Evaluate frontier AI models through data annotation, reasoning assessment, and human feedback, contributing to the development of safe, reliable, and high-performing large language models. Assess model outputs for factual accuracy, logical consistency, instruction following, and clarity, identifying hallucinations and reasoning failures to improve model quality.

Advise global partnerships, outreach strategy, educational programming, and knowledge exchange initiatives to expand the Lab's research impact and external engagement. Mentor research assistants on research translation, communications, outreach, and stakeholder engagement.

Executed a mixed-methods study in Newport News to understand policy gaps and challenges in advancing healthy environments and economic mobility for residents; designed innovative engagement strategies. Authored a policy white paper and built a resource repository to support city leaders with evidence-based insights on coal dust and its health impacts, and actionable policy measures.

Rebuilt branding and communications function and developed a roadmap to facilitate program growth and fundraising readiness for nonprofit supporting caregivers of individuals with developmental disabilities. Designed and implemented an annual strategy, budget, workflows, and SOPs, shifting communications to a scalable operating model.

Spearheaded strategic communications, thought leadership, and content to translate research into policy-relevant narratives and strengthen engagement with policymakers, funders, and international partners. Drove organization-wide outreach, stakeholder engagement, and digital strategy, growing CODE’s audience by 150% in the first six months. Guided website redesign and donor-facing communications f

Led strategy, operations, and communications for business school's healthcare research and programs at the intersection of innovation, policy, financing, and public health. Directed institution-wide communications, engaging a 15,000+ network of alumni, health leaders, and policymakers, and scaled brand visibility by 800%, strengthening thought leadership, industry engagement, and program uptake. M

Guided institution-wide communications strategy, expanding visibility across media, digital platforms, and external stakeholders via digital content, newsletters, and research stories. Authored and institutionalized brand style guide, standardizing external communications, and mentoring communications team on content, design, and branding. Appointed to high-stakes institutional initiatives, includ

Led content and communications strategy, strengthening brand credibility, investor visibility, and global recognition across the US, the UK, and India. Built and executed multi-channel content strategy (research, media, awards, digital), contributing to features in Forbes 30 Under 30, World Economic Forum, and MIT Technology Review, and securing advisory roles. Set up communications vertical for t

Managed institutional communications, publications, and government liaison. Wrote and edited research publications and books for policy and stakeholder engagement. Oversaw public relations and coordinated international delegations, press conferences, events, and business development initiatives.

Led institutional communications and dissemination for the foundation and its partner networks. Directed editorial, press, and digital communications for public and policy audiences. Collaborated with the President of India’s Office on the Festival of Innovation, supporting national-level public engagement. Prepared foundational policy and program documents, including the National Innovation Corps

Desk editor and reporter in a high-pressure national newsroom, shaping daily coverage across business, economy, and technology for 2 print editions across 12 cities daily. Curated real-time digital content for BS Web, balancing speed, accuracy, and editorial judgment.

Facilitated delivery of graduate and executive education in information systems, decision-making, and strategic IT management. Liaised with faculty on courses in managerial computing, business information systems, decision making, and strategic IT management for CIOs, ICT for development, and data visualization.

Master of International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University – School of Advanced International Studies, expected completion in December 2025.

Master of Arts in Mass Communication from Guru Jambheshwar University, completed in July 2018.

Post Graduate Diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, completed in June 2015.

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication from Gujarat Technological University, completed in July 2012.