Deepanjali Behera
Assistant Professor
Ms. Behera is a public health specialist with close to a decade of work experience in the academics, research and project management in multiple countries. She holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) qualification with a specialization in social epidemiology from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. She has completed several post-graduate certificate programs from Harvard School of Public Health, USA; University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia and University of Copenhagen. She possesses experience of working with many internationally reputed academic and research institutions in Thailand, Australia and India. This includes her role in MIT’s J-PAL South Asia where she was managing large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) experiments. Moreover, she has hold key positions in disease surveillance and programme management in government and non- government health organizations in India. She has completed research projects as a principal investigator and published 15 research papers in peer-reviewed journals indexed in PubMed, Web of Science, SCI and Scopus databases. Currently, she is serving as a review editor in Frontiers in Public Health journal and as reviewer in many international journals including PLOS one, PLOS Global Public Health, Global Implementation Research and Applications among others.
• Master of Public Health (MPH), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India
Research Interests
Women’s health, non-communicable disease epidemiology, mental health, health behaviors and implementation science in healthcare.
Administrative Responsibility
FIC Alumni, Placements, Social Media & Websites
Outreach Activity
• Received Global Covidence Scholarship award 2022 among highly competent global researchers. • Received the “Innovative Professor of the Year” award from Women Leaders Forum, New Delhi on 22 September 2022. • Published article titled as “World Mental Health Day: Time to Prioritize Perinatal Mental Health” in reputed national media platform “The Wire” on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2022
1. Behera, D., Bohora, S., Tripathy, S., Thapa, P., & Sivakami, M. (2024). Perinatal depression and its associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. (Available at - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02628-y)
2. Joshi, R., Behera, D., Di Tanna, G. L., Ameer, M. A., Yakubu, K. and Praveen, D. (2022). Integrated Management of Diabetes and Tuberculosis in Rural India – Results From a Pilot Study. Frontiers in Public Health. 10:766847. (Available at - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.766847/full).
3. Tripathy, S., Behera, D., Negi, S., Tripathy, I., and Behera, M. R. (2022). Burden of depression and its predictors among prisoners in a central jail of Odisha, India. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 64(3), 295. (Available at –
4. https://journals.lww.com/indianjpsychiatry/fulltext/2022/64030/burden_of_depression_and_its_predictors_among.11.aspx)
5. Degge, H. M., Olorunsaiye, C. Z., Laurenson, M., Hayter, M., Behera, D., & Behera, M. R. (2023). Social reintegration of fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria: A case for rehabilitation. Health Care for Women International, 1–20. (Available at - https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2023.2283424)
6. Sichalwe, M. M., Behera, M. R., Behera, D., Dehury, R. K., & Degge, H. (2023). Knowledge and practice of complementary feeding among mothers in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: Community-based cross-sectional study. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 24(2023), 101430. (Available at - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2023.101430)
7. Behera, M. R., Degge, H. M., Dehury, R. K., & Behera, D. (2023). Improving the Recruitment and Retention of Healthcare Professionals in Rural Areas: Evidence from the medical doctors of six districts of India. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management. 18(2): 1-9. (Available at - https://doi.org/10.24083/apjhm.v18i2.1931
8. Alice, A., Behera, D., Behera, M. R., Patra, S. K. and Mishra, J. (2023). Assessment of sanitation and drinking water facilities among slum households in Bhubaneswar, Odisha - A cross-sectional study. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 12(3): 484-492. (Available at - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10131972/pdf/JFMPC-12-484.pdf)
9. Giri, M., Behera, M. R., Behera, D., Mishra, B. and Jena, D. (2022). Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Practices and Their Association With Childhood Diarrhoea in Rural Households of Mayurbhanj District, Odisha, India. Cureus, 14(10): e29888. (Available at - https://www.cureus.com/articles/114498-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-practices-and-their-association-with-childhood-diarrhoea-in-rural-households-of-mayurbhanj-district-odisha-india)
10. Behera, M. R., Pradhan, H. S., Behera, D., Jena, D. Satpathy, S. S. (2021). Achievements and challenges of India’s sanitation campaign under clean India mission: A commentary. Journal of Education and Health Promotion. 10: 350. (Available at - https://www.jehp.net/temp/JEduHealthPromot101350-2234063_061220.pdf).
