Karishma Dsa

Area of Study / Keywords

Public Health Health Equity and Access Primary Care

About

Karishma Dsa is a Research Assistant in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She is a registered dentist from Mumbai, India and holds a Master of Public Health from Adelphi University, New York. Her interdisciplinary background in clinical dentistry and public health informs her research interests in rural and remote health, pharmacy access, health equity, community-based research, and primary care.

With research experience spanning public health, pharmacy practice, and community-based research, Karishma has worked closely with rural and Indigenous communities to understand barriers to healthcare access and identify opportunities to strengthen health services. Her work utilizes mixed-methods approaches, including qualitative research, quantitative data analysis, community engagement, and knowledge translation. She is particularly interested in developing evidence-informed, community-driven approaches to improving healthcare access and advancing health equity in rural and remote communities.

Kaitlyn E. Watson, Karishma Dsa, Bo Pan, Yazid N. Al Hamarneh

Edmonton, Alberta. 2026 May; 10.1016/j.sapharm.2026.05.001

Manju Sengar, Girish Chinnaswamy, Priya Ranganathan, Apurva Ashok, Shilpushp Bhosale, Sanjay Biswas, Pankaj Chaturvedi, Chetan Dhamne, Jigeeshu Divatia, Karishma D’Sa, Hasmukh Jain, Sarbani Laskar, Nirmalya Roy Moulik, Naveen Mummudi, Sindhu Nair, Lingaraj Nayak, Prakash Nayak, Shraddha Patkar, Preeti Pawaskar, Anant Ramaswamy, Omshree Shetty, Arjun Singh, Epari Sridhar, Jayashree Thorat,

Mumbai, India. 2022 April; 10.1038/s43018-022-00363-4