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Roles & Initiatives.

Education

  • Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
    • Doctor of Medicine | Expected May 2026
  • Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
    • Master’s of Public Health | May 2025
      • Concentration: Quantitative Methods
      • Interdisciplinary Concentration: Planetary Health & Climate Change
  • Boston University College of Arts and Sciences
    • Bachelor of Arts, Medical Sciences | May 2022
      • Double Minor: Psychology & Public Health
      • Magna Cum Laude

Professional Experience

Honors & Awards

  • American Medical Student Association & American Public Health Association 2025 Paul Ambrose Outstanding Student Award
  • 2025 United States Public Health Service: Excellence in Public Health Award
  • Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society: Inducted August 2025
  • 2024 United States Fulbright Award Semi-Finalist: United Kingdom Study Award
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society: Inducted May 2024
  • Shapiro Academy, Boston University School of Medicine Department of Medicine: July 2024

Journal Articles

  1. Bedi NS. Actionable Strategies for Creating Change: A Practical Guide for Trainees in Healthcare Systems. Under Review. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5536938
  2. McCord KL, Bedi NS, Sadaka AH, Janeway MG. Retained bullet fragments in pregnancy-capable individuals: Implications for surgical and public health practice. Am J Surg. 2025 Apr 26:116362. PMID: 40320352.
  3. Dresser C, Bedi NS, Schroeder A, Sergienko E, Balsari S. Proximity of Wildfires to Inpatient Healthcare Facilities in California, 2001-2023. medRxiv (Preprint). https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.15.25322338
  4. Bedi NS, Jia S, Buckee C, Schroeder A, Balsari S. Power Outages: Implications for California’s Medically Vulnerable Population. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2025;19:e66. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2025.46. PMID: 40125659
  5. Bedi NS, Dresser C. Healthcare, Cities, and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities. Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy 2025 3:2/3, 245-275. doi: 10.3138/jccpe-2024-0038 
  6. Bedi NS, Carpenter E, Tsering D, et al. An assessment of bias in driver’s license suspension based on toxicology screening of patients in serious motor vehicle collisions. Acad Emerg Med. Published online January 24, 2025. PMID: 39853800
  7. Bedi NS, Selcer R, Crosby S. Advancing Systemic, Intersectional Change: A Path Forward for Reform. J Gen Intern Med. Published online January 6, 2025. PMID: 39762682
  8. Bedi NS, Mathur N., Wang JD, Rech A, Gaden N, Annas GJ, Crosby SS. Human Rights in Hospitals: An End to Routine Shackling. Journal of General Internal Medicine (2024). PMID: 38169026
  9. Wellenius GA, Adams QH, Hess JJ, Bedi NS. The Authors Respond. Epidemiology. 2023 Nov 6. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001689. PMID: 37934143.
  10. Bedi NS, Tsering D, Raubenhold R, Allee L, Mahoney EJ, Wurcel A, Byhoff E. Analysis of bias in toxicology screening of patients in serious motor vehicle collisions. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Aug 22. doi: 10.1111/acem.14793. PMID: 37606997.
  11. Bedi NS, Dresser C, Yadav A, Schroeder A, Balsari S. Wildfire Threat to Inpatient Health Care Facilities in California, 2022. Am J Public Health. 2023;113(5):555-558. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2023.307236. PMID: 36862972.
  12. Bedi NS, Smith R, Weiss M. An open letter to American academic institutions: stand behind the evidence. HPHR. 2023;52.
  13. Bedi NS, LaRaja A. Beyond the Walls of a Hospital: Empowering Students and Surgeons to Incorporate the Social Determinants of Health into Clinical Care. Ann Surg. 2023;277(3):e494-e495. PMID: 35997294.
  14. Bedi NS, Adams QH, Hess JJ, Wellenius GA. The Role of Cooling Centers in Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Extreme Heat. Epidemiology. 2022;33(5):611-615. PMID: 35706096.

Distinguished Presentations, Panels, and Workshops

  1. 2025 Gold Humanism National Summit: The Person In Front of You. Empowering Healthcare Trainees to Drive Systemic Change. 20 September 2025. [Workshop]
  2. Smart Recovery in Los Angeles: Data and AI, Wildfires, Health, and the Future of the City. Who Was Most Affected, and How Have the Fires Impacted Their Health? 17 June 2025. [Moderator]
  3. India2047: Building a Climate-Resilient Future.  The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, the  Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University,  in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. 19-22 March 2025. [Rapporteur for Health].
  4. Boston University Medical Campus 2025 Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture. Actionable Steps for Creating Change: Empowering Trainees and Beyond. 21 January 2025. [Speaker]
  5. FRP Symposium: Climate, Biogeoscience, and Health: Transformative Science to Real-World Action. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering. 06 December 2024. [Panelist]
  6. Yale SEICHE Center for Health and Justice. Caring for Criminalized Patients: Learner-Led Innovations in Medical Education. 13 November 2024. [Panelist]
  7. Spencer M, Resnick D, Bedi NS, Woodruff A, Yagi B. Workshop at the Society of General Internal Medicine 2024 National Conference: Addressing the Rights of Patients who are Incarcerated: Implementing Novel and Improving Existing Policies for Inpatient Clinical Care. 17 May 2024. [Workshop]
  8. Bedi NS, Raubenhold R, Allee L, Mahoney E, Wurcel A, Byhoff E. Analysis of Trauma Protocols & Bias in Toxicology Screening of Patients in Motor Vehicle Crashes Across Two Academic Medical Centers. Beth Israel Lahey Hospital & Medical Center 2023 Annual Injury and Violence Prevention Conference. 17 March 2023. [Oral Presentation]
  9. Bedi NS, Mathur N, Wang JD, Crosby SS. Protecting Patient Dignity: A Human Rights Intervention to End Universal Shackling. Boston Medical Center: Department of Neurology Health Equity Grand Rounds [Grand Rounds Presentation]
  10. Bedi NS, Mathur N, Wang JD, Crosby SS. Protecting Patient Dignity: A Human Rights Intervention to End Universal Shackling. American Public Health Association 2022 National Conference. 07 November 2022 [Oral Presentation]
  11. Boston University School of Medicine 2022 McCahan Education Day: Creating Inclusive Campus and Classroom Spaces. [Panelist]

Policy Statements

  1. Nassikas N, Adamkiewicz G, Buonocore J, Clougherty JE, Croft D, Dominici F, Gao P, Gold DR, Goobie G, Kinney P, Lee A, Levy J, Moseson E, Rice MB, Rosser F, Schwartz J, Wellenius GA, Willis MD, Bedi NS, Bong S, Cork M, Schoonover SC. Public Health Experts Comments on EPA Proposed Repeal of GHG Emission Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired EGUs.
  2. American Public Health Association Policy Statement B1: A Call to End Shackling Incarcerated Patients Seeking Healthcare. Adopted November 2023. (Co-Author)
  3. Massachusetts Medical Society Resolution A-22 A106: Condemning the Universal Shackling of Every Incarcerated Patient in Hospitals. Adopted May 2023. (Original Sponsor & Co-Author)
  4. American Medical Association Resolution 427 A-24. Condemning the Universal Shackling of Every Incarcerated Patient in Hospitals. (Co-Author)

Poster Presentations

  1. Bedi NS, Giudice C, Dresser CJ. Climate Change and Operational Impacts on the Emergency Department. Fostering Collaborations: A Symposium to Advance Equitable Heat Health Actions. Metropolitan Area Planning Council, in partnership with the Center for Climate and Health at Boston University School of Public Health. 18 June 2025.
  2. Mathur N, Khanna A, Bedi NS, Wang JD, Crosby SS. Evaluation of the Revised Unshackling Policy for Incarcerated Patients at Boston Medical Center. Boston University Medical Campus DEIA Event. 12 March 2025.
  3. Bedi NS, Carpenter E, Tsering D, Raubenhold R, Allee L, Mahoney E, Wurcel A, Byhoff E. An Assessment of Bias in Driver’s License Suspension Based on Toxicology Screening of Patients in Serious Motor Vehicle Collisions. American Public Health Association 2024 National Conference.
  4. Bedi NS, Dresser CJ. Trends in wildfire proximity to inpatient healthcare facilities in California. American Public Health Association 2024 National Conference. ​​
  5. Bedi NS, Dresser CJ. Spatial Variability of Wildfires and Inpatient Healthcare Facilities in California Counties. American Medical Association 2024 National Research Challenge Symposium.
  6. Bedi NS, Carpenter E, Tsering D, Raubenhold R, Allee L, Mahoney E, Wurcel A, Byhoff E. An Assessment of Bias in Driver’s License Suspension Based on Toxicology Screening of Patients in Serious Motor Vehicle Collisions. Society of General Internal Medicine New England 2024 Conference.
  7. Mathur N, Bedi NS, Wang JD, Crosby SS. Critical Examination of a Novel Policy which Enables Compassionate Shackle Removal: Defending the Humanity and Human Rights of Patients Who are Incarcerated. Society of General Internal Medicine 2024 National Conference.
  8. Sadaka AH, McCord K, Bedi NS, LaRaja A, Dechert T, Janeway M. Considering Lead Levels in Pregnancy-Capable People with Retained Bullet Fragments. American Medical Association 2023 National Research Challenge Symposium.
  9. Mathur N, Bedi NS, Wang JD. Establishing A Task Force to Address Treatment of Incarcerated Patients. Society of General Internal Medicine 2023 National Conference.
  10. Mathur N, Bedi NS, Wang JD. Establishing A Task Force to Address Treatment of Incarcerated Patients. Society of Hospital Medicine 2023 National Conference.
  11. Bedi NS, Tsering D, Raubenhold R, Allee L, Ellis C, Hamdan S, Mahoney E, Wurcel A, Byhoff E. Analysis of Trauma Protocols & Bias in Toxicology Screening of Patients in Motor Vehicle Accidents Across Two Academic Medical Centers. Society of General Internal Medicine New England 2022 Conference.
  12. Bedi NS, Dresser CJ, Yadav A, Schroeder A, Balsari S. An Analysis of Wildfire Threat to Inpatient Healthcare Facilities in California. American Medical Association 2022 National Research Challenge Symposium.

Additional Publications & Presentations

  1. Reimagining leadership at the intersection of climate, health, and justice – Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership Reflection
  2. Bedi, Neil Singh; Dresser, Caleb J, 2025, “Proximity of Wildfires to Inpatient Healthcare Facilities in California, 2001-2023”, Harvard Dataverse, V1
  3. The Brink: We Are Underestimating the Health Harms of Climate Disasters
  4. Oppenheim N, Bedi NS, Sakharkar M, Ragutshteyn E, Kelly KC, Smith C, McSweeney C, Cohen-Osher M, Garg P. Planetary Health Report Card 2022-2023: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. April 2023
  5. Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian White Coat Ceremony, 2023. Invited Panelist.
  6. Bedi NS, Mathur N, Wang J, et. al. Stop Shackling Patients: A Petition to Humanize the Care of Incarcerated Patients at Boston Medical Center.
  7. Socially Responsible Surgery Inaugural National Meeting. 08 June 2023. 
  8. Translating Human Rights from the Classroom to the Clinical Setting. Boston University School of Public Health – Health & Human Rights Course Panelist/Guest Speaker
    • February 2022, November 2022, November 2023
  9. Dresser C, Bedi NS, Yadav A. Where are Health Resources Most Needed to Prepare for the 2021 California Wildfire Season? Identifying At-Risk Health Centers Through Integrated Data. DirectRelief. 21 May 2021.

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