Herpreet Kaur Thind

Dr. Herpreet Thind is an associate professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She has a medical degree (MBBS) from India, received her PhD in Health Education and Health Promotion from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and her postdoctoral fellowship from Brown University. Herpreet is a behavioral scientist whose research focuses on chronic disease prevention and management through lifestyle interventions. Specifically, her work involves physical activity and yoga interventions to prevent and manage chronic diseases. She has expertise in implementing randomized clinical trials on yoga and has also conducted exploratory study to examine the acceptability of yoga among Hispanics. Her current research projects focus on examining the effect of yoga as a complementary therapy for individuals with type 2 diabetes. Herpreet’s research is conducted in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and is funded by the National Institutes of Health.