Representative Dr. Megan L. Srinivas

Dr. Megan L. Srinivas is an infectious disease physician, health policy researcher, and legislator whose work bridges patient care and public policy. As Chief Medical Officer of Primary Health Care, Inc., she provides clinical oversight for eight clinics and two physician residency programs serving central Iowa. She also serves in the Iowa House of Representatives, where she is the youngest woman to be Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee, which oversees the state’s roughly $10 billion general fund.

Her research focuses on delivering care in rural and low-resource settings, both in the United States and internationally, with fieldwork spanning four continents. She led a JAMA study on family planning clinic closures and STI rates that has informed state and national policy debates. Additionally, she’s collaborated with the World Health Organization on reproductive health access in resource-limited settings, most recently in 2025. Dr. Srinivas hosted the Center Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) infection prevention and health equity podcast, Stories of Care. In March 2026, she spoke at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on her reproductive health research and policy efforts.

Dr. Srinivas works at the intersection of public health and agricultural policy, partnering with leading national philanthropic and policy organizations to address how to build healthier, more sustainable food and farming systems. She is a national delegate to the American Medical Association, a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity, sits on Women in Government’s Board of Directors, and serves on the Iowa Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission.

Dr. Srinivas earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard College, Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health, medical degree from the University of Iowa, completed her internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and her infectious disease fellowship at the University of North Carolina.