Project Team

• Professor Semira Manaseki-Holland - Contracting Institution Lead Applicant
• Dr Panniyammakal Jeemon - Non-Contracting Institution Joint Lead Applicant
• Professor D. Prabhakaran - Senior Advisor (Epidemiology/NCD) 
• Professor Benjamin Ryan - Disaster Research and Health Expert 
• Dr Rakhal Gaintonde - Health systems research expert
• Dr Suresh Munuswamy - Technology expert
• Professor Rachel Jordan - Epidemiologist and Specialist in Respiratory Primary Care 
• Professor Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar - Epidemiologist and Data/Applications Expert

• Dr Tanvir Ahmed - Project Manager
• Miss Soha Haroon - Project Assistant

PhD students

Manas Chacko BSc, MPH

Current PhD student, University of Birmingham, funded by the NIHR RIGHT programme.

Thesis Title: Measuring multimorbidity treatment burden in primary care settings in India.

Pushplata Bhardwaj BSc, MSc

Current PhD student, University of Birmingham, funded by the NIHR RIGHT programme.

Thesis Title: Understanding the challenges of accessing healthcare among people suffering from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) during floods in rural India and effectiveness of a patient-navigation intervention to mitigate access-related challenges: A mixed method study in flood-prone areas in Bihar, India.

Yan Kai BM, BA, MPH

Current PhD student in Health Economics Unit, University of Birmingham; research focuses on model-based health economic evaluation of primary healthcare interventions for NCDs during severe flooding in India.

Thesis title: Model-based health economic evaluation of interventions for improving primary healthcare for patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) during severe flooding in India.

Fola Afolabi

Masters students

Maeve Mulchrone

MSci Public and Global Health 

Thesis Title: "Exploring Community Views About Non-Communicable Disease Management During Flooding in Bihar, India: A Qualitative Study.

Suchismita Mukherjee

MPH Thesis Tile: Investigating healthcare system preparedness and responses for managing non-communicable diseases during severe floods in Bihar, India: A Qualitative study.

Aktarafun Zannat

MPH Thesis Title: Exploring the improvement of non-communicable disease (NCD) provisions according to NCD patients and community during floods in Bihar, India: A qualitative data analysis.

• Sri Suharsha Bhagat - I.A.S. (Indian Administrative Services
• Sri Rajesh Kumar - B.A.S. (Bihar Administrative Services)
• Dr Namit Kumar
• Dr Tulika Singh

• Dr Poornima Prabhakaran - Impact Lead and Environmental Health Advisor

• Professor Ashok Ghosh - Overall Lead in Bihar
• Dr Ravikant Singh - Lead Health Expert Researcher in Bihar 
• Dr Ratna Amrit - Impact Lead in Bihar   
• Dr Nishant Kumar - Research Fellow in Public Health in Bihar 
• Professor Nupur Bose - Qualitative Researcher
• Dr Neha Yadav - Qualitative Research Lead in Bihar
• Dr Balasaheb Bansode - Quantitative Researcher
• Ambika Singh - Administrative Assistant

• Professor Sue Jowett - Lead on Health Economics
• Dr James A Hall - Health Economics Research Fellow 

• Professor Sheila Greenfield - Qualitative/Sociology Expert Lead
• Dr Linju Joseph - Qualitative Lead Research Fellow in India  
• Dr Lekha TR - Senior Qualitative Researcher

• Dr Martin Widmann - Climate Expert Lead in UK 
• Professor Brijesh Yadav - Climate and Hydrology Expert and Lead, India 
• Professor Ashutosh Sharma - Hydrology Expert
• Dr Shasha Han - Hydrology Expert
• Professor Stefan Krause - Hydrology Expert
• Professor Gregor Leckebusch - Climate Expert
• Dr Manish Kumar Mall - Research Associate, Climate Team in India

• Professor Karla Hemming - Senior Statistical Advisor  
• Professor Alice Sitch - Study Statistician
• Dr Jissa VT - Statistician in India  
• Dr James Martin - Statistician in UK 
• Ms Jacqueline Thomson - Statistician

• Mr Sunny Borgohain - Joint CEI Lead in India 
• Dr Steven Blackburn - Joint-Lead CEI in UK