Seema Desai, M.D., MPH, FIPM, is a researcher in cancer and environmental epidemiology with a background in clinical medicine and public health. She holds an M.D. in Anesthesiology, Saurashtra University, India (2002) and an MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (2024) from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. She is a researcher at the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), Cal EPA, and a research assistant at the Integrative Cancer Research Group (ICARE), UC Berkeley. She was a Consultant Anesthesiologist at Apollo Hospitals and a Consultant Onco-Anesthesiologist at HCG Cancer Center, India, specializing in oncology, critical care, and pain management. A Fellow in Interventional Pain Management (FIPM) (2021), she has expertise in regional anesthesia and chronic pain care. Her medical dissertation studied epidural steroids in chronic low back pain, and she has presented at national and regional conferences. She has contributed to public health efforts, serving as an emergency physician during the 2001 India earthquake, volunteering in polio vaccination campaigns, and assisting in COVID-19 response efforts. She also has teaching experience in epidemiologic methods and clinical medicine. She is a member of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER), the Indian Medical Association (IMA), and other professional associations. Her research interests include oncology, pediatrics, infectious diseases, and environmental health.