Dr. Rasmi Nair is an Assistant Professor at the Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health (OSPH) and an associate member of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is a trained medical practitioner from India and earned her PhD in Epidemiology from Temple University. As a cancer epidemiologist, her main research interests include assessing disparities in cancer screening, using both EHR and community databases. She is currently the PI of an NIMHD-funded R21 grant describing healthcare service delivery among young patients reporting red-flag symptoms of early-onset colorectal cancer. She is also the Co-I for multiple CPRIT-funded grants evaluating outreach programs providing breast, colorectal, cervical and lung cancer screening to persons residing in more than 80 counties across North Texas.

In her leadership role, Dr. Nair serves as the Associate Director for Population Research Services, a UTSW core housed within OSPH providing research support to UTSW faculty members. She also serves as the Population Science Chair for the PRMC committee at the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center.