Monique Jindal, MD

Monique Jindal, MD

Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Physician

Johns Hopkins University

Monique Jindal is an internal medicine-pediatrics physician at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Cincinnati with a B.A. in Spanish in three short years. She then spent a year in Peru and India working on community health in underserved areas. She completed medical school at the University of Cincinnati as well, where received the Most Distinguished Alumni award. She went on to pursue her residency training in Cincinnati where she was selected to be a chief resident. She is now a second-year general academics fellow at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Jindal's broad research interest is in understanding the impact of racism and discrimination on health equity for minority children and their caregivers. During her chief residency, she created and delivered a racial bias curriculum for residents. She is now studying the impact of this curriculum on resident empathy levels and racial attitudes. Related to this work, she is also conducting a systematic review on the association of police interactions and poor health outcomes for Black youth. Her academic career goal is to inform both provider-level and community-level interventions to mitigate health disparities for minorities, particularly those driven by racism.

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