Archna Patel

Archna Patel, MPH, CHES®, is a Certified Health Education Specialist and holds a Master of Public Health degree from Emory University. Immediately upon graduation in 2010, she began work on several research projects in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at the Rollins School of Public Health including implementing Project UPLIFT, a mindfulness-based intervention for people with epilepsy developed by Dr. Nancy Thompson. Ms. Patel served as a fellow for the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) before joining their Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (CSTLTS) where she developed and created online training materials for the Public Health Associates Program (PHAP). She has rejoined Emory University and is the project coordinator for the Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network where she will help coordinate and disseminate epilepsy self-management programs.