Dr. Nisha Malhotra’s work is that of an inter-disciplinary researcher with a strong interest in questions related to Population, Gender, and Global Health.

She is a senior research associate at the Birthplace Lab at the University of British Columbia, Canada, where her most recent research projects explore inequities in maternity care in the United States and Canada. Other projects she is pursuing include domestic violence issues in India and Pakistan. Dr. Nisha Malhotra has a master’s degree from the Delhi School of Economics (DSE) and a doctorate from the University of Maryland in the USA. Formerly she was a tenured faculty at the Vancouver School of Economics and also worked at the Indian Council for research in international economic relations and the World Bank.

Memberships & Associations 

Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project, Group Member, Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC April 2009

Neglected Global Diseases Initiative-UBC Member, August 2011

Women’s Health Research Cluster, UBC Member, September 2019

Entrepreneurship & Economic Integration, University of Management and Technology, Pakistan,  Advisory Board, May 2017

Indian Journal of Nutrition, Editorial Board Member, May 2016.

Academic Research: Current Projects 

Intergenerational Transmission of Domestic Violence and Gender: Walking in Their Footsteps, Dec 2020″