Lalit Dandona

Lalit Dandona, MD, MPH, is Distinguished Research Professor at the Public Health Foundation of India in New Delhi and part-time Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.

Dr. Dandona and his research teams have carried out public health research in India for 15 years on HIV/AIDS, blindness, population health measurement, health systems, intervention evaluation, and research capacity. Several of these research projects included multicountry collaborations. Dr. Dandona has approximately 140 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has served on the editorial boards of 10 journals and as scientific reviewer for over 30 journals and several granting agencies. He received the 2006 BioMed Central Research Award in Medicine for public health research on HIV in India.

Dr. Dandona received his medical training at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. He received his public health training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health in Baltimore. He previously served as Professor and Chair of International Public Health at the University of Sydney School of Public Health, Senior Director of the George Institute for International Health India, and Professor and Director of the Centre for Human Development at the Administrative Staff College of India.

He has taught researchers, policymakers, and public health practitioners, and has served as a technical expert in public health for governments, universities, and international organizations and committees.

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