Dr. Deepti Chittamuru

Dr. Deepti Chittamuru is a postdoctoral research fellow in public health at UC Merced. Her current research examines how tailoring and framing of internet-based persuasive messages affects their efficacy in the context of reducing sugar and sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption among young adult Latina women. In the past she has studied technology-based structural interventions for HIV prevention among young adult African Americans and mobile phone based maternal health interventions for low income populations in rural India. 

Previously, she was a postdoctoral research fellow with the Program for Sexuality, Technology, and Action Research (PSTAR) in the Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Chittamuru earned a PhD in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, a Masters in Information Management and Systems from the School of Information, University of California Berkeley and a Bachelors in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from Andhra University.