About
Hi! I'm currently a second year Computer Science PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania and am advised by Lyle Ungar and Sharath Chandra Guntuku. I also consult for the World Bank's Development Impact Edutainment Program. I am primarily interested in using computational and causal inference techniques to better understand issues of bias and health equity. More than anything, I'm excited by research that can help inform public policy. My work has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, and The Washington Post, and has been cited by the Ohio governor, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren.
You can reach me at: nsehgal at upenn.edu
CV
- Curriculum Vitae (updated Spring 2024)
Previously, I obtained a Master's of Engineering in Computational Science & Engineering at Harvard University. I also worked part time on the HealthMap Computational Epidemiology team at Boston Children's Hospital and was advised by John Brownstein and Benjamin Rader. Before that, I recieved an AB magna cum laude in computer science at Brown University, and spent summers at Reddit, Microsoft, and Case Western's Center of Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics.
Selected Publications
More papers can be found on my Google Scholar or CV
- Slaveholder Ancestry and Current Net Worth of Members of the United States Congress
Neil KR Sehgal and Ashwini Sehgal
PLOS ONE, August 2024
- Beyond Bedside Manner: Examining the Role of Physician Characteristics in Online Verified Primary Care Physician Reviews
Neil KR Sehgal, Benjamin Rader, John Brownstein
JMIR, August 2024
- The Impact of Abortion Bans on Short-term Housing Needs
Neil KR Sehgal, Yulin Hswen, Jonathan Cantor, Ushma Upadhyay, Ben Y. Reis, Christopher Remmel, John S. Brownstein, Benjamin Rader
Public Health, March 2024
- Dobbs’ Impact on Military Abortion Access and Estimation of Associated Travel Reimbursement Costs
Benjamin Rader, Yulin Hswen, Neil KR Sehgal, John Brownstein
JAMA, November 2023
- Spatial Access to Cooling Centers in the City of Boston
Neil KR Sehgal and Ashwini Sehgal
The Journal of Climate Change and Health, May 2023
- Parental compliance and reasons for COVID-19 Vaccination among American children
Neil KR Sehgal, Benjamin Rader, Christina Astley, John Brownstein
PLOS Digital Health, April 2023
- US COVID-19 Clinical Trial Leadership Gender Disparities
Neil KR Sehgal, John Brownstein, Maimuna Majumder, Gaurav Tuli
Lancet Digital Health, March 2023
- Estimated Travel Time and Spatial Access to Abortion Facilities in the US Before and After the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Decision
Benjamin Rader, Ushma Upadhyay, Neil KR Sehgal, Ben Reis, John Brownstein, Yulin Hswen
JAMA, November 2022
- Impact of Vax-a-Million lottery on COVID-19 vaccination rates in Ohio
Neil KR Sehgal
The American Journal of Medicine, November 2021
News/Policy Coverage
- Vaccine Lottery Research: Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cincinatti Enquirer, Youngstown Vindicator, Ohio Capital Journal, Ohio Governor News Release, Ohio Governor Press Conference, Sky News
- Abortion Access Research: Kamala Harris Twitter, Elizabeth Warren letter to POTUS, NAACP amicus brief, Pro-Choice States amicus brief, NBC, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, ABC, NBC, FiveThirtyEight, Forbes, People Magazine
- Military Abortion Travel Policy Research: ABC, Houston Chronicle, The Birmingham News/Huntsville Times, KFF Health News, Military.com, Stars and Stripes
- Legacy of Slavery Research: Scientific American, Boston Globe, The Hill, Daily Mail, Superinteressante (Brazil), Slate France, Il Fatto Quotidiano (Rome), Ça m'intéresse (France), Actualidad RT, Bangor Daily News, Splinter, Face2Face Africa, Ghana Web, Новини Ю (Ukraine), Zambian Observer, Black Lives Matter Twitter/Threads