Sridharan “Sri” Gopalsamy Ramaswamy does not stop at the first answer. Growing up in Tamil Nadu, India, he was drawn to a view of health that looked beyond symptoms to root causes. He trained at SDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences in India, completing an undergraduate clinical degree in natural and lifestyle-based medicine, and went on to work in a rural clinic. That experience — first as an intern, then as a clinician — gave him a closer view of how care is actually delivered. It also left him with questions he wanted to explore beyond the clinic.
At WashU, he has pursued a dual degree and is set to complete both a master’s in public health and a master’s in business administration in May. His public health work examines what happens after cancer treatment ends and why survivors often fall through the cracks of preventive care. At Olin Business School, he has focused on how those challenges can be addressed in practice. Together, that training is shaping his goal of closing the gap between knowledge and care.