Cross-cutting team
Contracting Institution Lead Applicant
FRCP, FFPHM, MRCPCH, PhD, MPH, MBBS, BMedSci (Reader in Public Health, University of Birmingham)
Non-Contracting Institution Joint Lead Applicant
PhD, MPH (Additional Professor (Epidemiology), Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology)
Professor D. Prabhakaran
Senior Advisor (Epidemiology/NCD)
M.D., DM (Cardiology), MSc, FRCP, FNASc, FNA, DSc (Honoris Causa) (Public Health Foundation of India)
Professor Benjamin Ryan
Disaster Research and Health Expert
PhD, MPH, BSc (Professor, Belmont University, USA)
Dr Rakhal Gaintonde
Health systems research expert
PhD, MD, MBBS
(Professor, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum)
PhD, MSc, MBBS, (Professor at the Indian Institute of Public Health)
Project Management team
FRSPH PhD MPH MBBS (Research Fellow and Program Manager, University of Birmingham)
Miss Soha Haroon
Project Assistant
BSc, MSc
Miss Harshita Solanki
Project Assistant
B.A. Journalism (Honours), M.A. International Relations at the University of Birmingham
State Health Society (Bihar)
Sri Suharsha Bhagat
I.A.S. (Indian Administrative Services)
Executive Director, State Health Society, Bihar
Sri Rajesh Kumar
B.A.S. (Bihar Administrative Services)
Joint Secretary, State Health Society, Bihar
Dr Narendra Kumar Sinha
M.S
Additional Director cum SPO-NCD, State Health Society, Bihar
Dr Namit Kumar
PhD, MBA
Finance cum Logistics Consultant, NCD Cell, State Health Society, Bihar
Dr Tulika Singh
MBBS, MD (Community Medicine)
Consultant Non-Communicable Diseases
World Health Organisation
Bihar team
Professor Ashok Ghosh
Overall Lead in Bihar
MSc, PHD (Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna)
Lead Health Expert Researcher in Bihar
MBBS (Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Muzaffarpur)
Dr Ratna Amrit
Impact Lead in Bihar
Dr Nishant Kumar
Research Fellow in Public Health in Bihar
MBBS, MD (Community medicine) .
(Assistant Professor in Preventative Oncology, Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Muzaffarpur)
Professor Nupur Bose
Qualitative Researcher
BSc, MSc, PhD (Anugrah Narayan College, Patna)
PhD students
Pushplata Bhardwaj
Project Coordinator in Bihar
BSc, MSc, Postgraduate Researcher, University of Birmingham
Current PhD student, Department of Applied Health, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham
Manas Chacko
Public Health Researcher
BSc in Nursing, MPH, Public Health Researcher.
Current PhD student in the Department of Applied Health, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham.
Health Economics team
PhD, MSc, BSc (Professor of Health Economics, University of Birmingham)
Health Economics Research Fellow
(Research Fellow, University of Birmingham)
Impact team
Dr Poornima Prabhakaran
Impact Lead and Environmental Health Advisor
PhD, MSc, MBBS (Director of the Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences)
Qualitative team
Qualitative/ Sociology Expert Lead
BSc, MA, PhD, MBChB
(Professor of Medical Sociology, University of Birmingham)
Dr Linju Joseph
Qualitative Lead Research Fellow in India
PhD, MSc, BSc (Senior Research Associate, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology)
Hydrology and Climate team
Climate Expert Lead in UK
PhD, MSc, BSc (Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, University of Birmingham)
Professor Brijesh Yadav
Climate and Hydrology Expert and Lead, India
PhD, M.Tech, B.E
(Professor of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
Professor Ashutosh Sharma
Hydrology Expert
PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech
(Assistant Professor of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
PhD, MSc (Assistant Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Birmingham)
PhD
(Professor of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry, University of Birmingham)
Statistics team
Senior Statistical Advisor
PhD
(Professor of Medical Biostatistics,University of Birmingham)
PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), PCAP, CStat, FHEA
(Associate Professor, Biostatistics, University of Birmingham)
Ms Sue Tebbs
Database Manager Advisor (Consultant)
Clinical Trials Unit Database Manager Expert, University of Birmingham.
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
Dr James Martin
Statistician in UK
BSc, PhD
(Assistant Professor in Biostatistics, University of Birmingham)
CEI team
Mr Sunny Borgohain
Joint CEI Lead in India
Programme manager, Doctors for You
PhD, MSc, BSc
(Associate Professor, University of Birmingham)
Epidemiologist and Specialist in Respiratory Primary Care
MA (Cantab), MPH, PhD
(Professor of Epidemiology and Primary Care, University of Birmingham)
Epidemiologist and Data/Applications Expert
MBBS MPH MFPH MRCP(UK) MD
(Professor in Health Data Science and Public Health, University of Birmingham)
PhD (Professor of Meteorology/climatology and extreme events, University of Birmingham)