In Dying for a Chat, she writes that increased medical specialisation means that doctors can fail to see the whole picture, with risks for patients from a failure of communication.

[11] Srivastava is a frequent co-host on The Conversation Hour, a flagship radio program on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Melbourne.

Srivastava was selected to deliver the Errol Solomon Meyers Memorial Lecture at the University of Queensland Medical School.

Former speakers have included Pakistani PM Imran Khan, Sir Edmund Hillary, and author Jeffrey Archer.

Despite being supported by former Health Minister Greg Hunt and former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett,[13] her candidacy was unsuccessful, losing to barrister Roshena Campbell.