Deepanjali Behera
Assistant Professor
Deepanjali 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.
During her academic stints, Deepanjali has taught various MPH courses which include Epidemiology and Disease Control; Health Promotion and Behaviour; Principles of Social Research Methods; Biostatistics and Health Program Evaluation. 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. Her research interest includes women’s health, non-communicable disease epidemiology, mental health, health behaviours and implementation science in healthcare.
Non-communicable diseases, Women's health, Mental health, Health behaviors, Social epidemiology
Administrative Responsibility
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1. Joshi R., Behera D., Di Tanna GL., Ameer MA., 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).
2. 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)
3. Tripathy, S., Behera, D., Negi, S., Tripathy, I., and Behera, M. 2022. Burden of depression and its predictors among prisoners in a central jail of Odisha, India. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 64(3), 295. https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_668_21
4. Behera D., Praveen D. and Behera MR. 2020. Protecting Indian health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 9: 4541-4546. (Available at - https://www.jfmpc.com/temp/JFamMedPrimaryCare994541-6371186_174151.pdf).
5. 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)
6. Behera MR., Behera D. and Prutipinyo C. 2020. Examining the relationship between living conditions, work environment and intent to stay among nurses in current posts in rural areas of Odisha state, India. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science.19(3): 527-536. (Available at - https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJMS/article/view/45871).
7. Behera D., Muthusamy S. and Behera MR. 2015. Understanding perceptions, practices and experiences of Adolescent Girls related to Menarche and Menstruation in Rural Maharashtra, India: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Health management. 17(4): 510-519. (Available at - http://jhm.sagepub.com/content/17/4/510.abstract).
8. Behera D. and Anil Kumar K. 2015. Predictors of Exclusive Breastfeeding Intention among Rural Pregnant Women in India: A study using Theory of Planned Behavior. Rural and Remote Health. 15(3): 3405. (Available at - http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showabstractearly.asp?ArticleID=3405).
9. Behera D., Bharat S. and Gawde N. 2015. Induced Abortion Practices in an Urban Indian Slum: Exploring Reasons, Pathways and Experiences. Journal of Family and Reproductive Health. 9(3): 129-135. (Available at - http://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/163/163).
10. Behera D. and Insomboon T. 2014. Non-marital cohabitation and health implications among undergraduate students in two provinces near Bangkok, Thailand. Journal of Health Research. 28(6): 397-402. (Available at - http://www.jhealthres.org/upload/journal/740/28(6)_deepanjali_p397-402.pdf).
