Lalit Dandona
Professor
Evaluation of population health interventions; health information systems in less developed settings; HIV/AIDS; research capacity in less developed settings; visual impairment and blindness.
Bio
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. His profile was published in The Lancet in 2001, and he received the 2006 BioMed Central Research Award in Medicine for public health research on HIV in India. Dr. Dandona serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Health Initiative of the University of Chicago, and has served as a technical expert for professorial appointments at the University of Sydney, the National University of Singapore, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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, international organizations, and funding agencies.
Published Works
Andona L, Raban MZ, Dandona R. Analysis of evaluations of health system/policy interventions in India. The National Medical Journal of India. 2011; 24 (5):263-268.
Ng M, Gakidou E, Levin-Rector A, Khera A, Murray CJL, Dandona L. Assessment of population-level effect of Avahan, an HIV-prevention initiative in India. The Lancet. 2011; DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61390-1.
Raban MZ, Dandona R, Dandona L. Availability of data for monitoring of non-communicable disease risk factors in India. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2011; Epub 27 Sept.
Related Publications & Presentations
Andona L, Raban MZ, Dandona R. Analysis of evaluations of health system/policy interventions in India. The National Medical Journal of India. 2011; 24 (5):263-268.
Ng M, Gakidou E, Levin-Rector A, Khera A, Murray CJL, Dandona L. Assessment of population-level effect of Avahan, an HIV-prevention initiative in India. The Lancet. 2011; DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61390-1.
Raban MZ, Dandona R, Dandona L. Availability of data for monitoring of non-communicable disease risk factors in India. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2011; Epub 27 Sept.
Murray CJL, Lopez AD, Black R, Ahuja R, Ali SM, Baqui A, Dandona L, Dantzer E, Das V, Dhingra U, Dutta A, Fawzi W, Flaxman AD, Gomez S, Hernandez B, Joshi R, Kalter H, Kumar A, Kumar V, Lozano R, Lucero M, Mehta S, Neal B, Ohno SL, Prasad R, Praveen D, Premji Z, Ramirez-Villalobos D, Remolador H, Riley I, Romero M, Said M, Sanvictores D, Sazawal S, Tallo V. Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets. Population Health Metrics. 2011; 9:27.
Kumar GA, Dandona R, Kumar SG, Dandona L. Behavioral surveillance of premarital sex among never married young adults in a high HIV prevalence district in India. AIDS & Behavior. 2011; 15:228-235.
Morgan IG, Rose KA, Ellwein LB, Refractive error study in children survey group (includes Dandona L). Is emmetropia the natural endpoint for human refractive development? An analysis of population-based data from the refractive error study in children (RESC). Acta Ophthalmologica. 2010; 88:877-884.
Raban MZ, Dandona R, Kumar GA, DandonaL. Inequitable coverage of non-communicable disease and injury interventions in India. National Medical Journal of India. 2010; 23: 267-273.
Lim SS, Dandona L, Hoisington JA, James SL, Hogan MC, Gakidou E. India's Janani Suraksha Yojana, a conditional cash transfer programme to increase births in health facilities: an impact evaluation. The Lancet. 2010 Jun 4; 375:2009–2023.
Dandona R, Kumar GA, Ivers R, Joshi R, Neal B, Dandona L. Characteristics of non-fatal fall injury in rural India. Injury Prevention 2010; 16: 166-171. 2010; 16(3):6.
Schneider JA, Lakshmi V, Dandona R, Kumar GA, Sudha T, Dandona L. Population-based seroprevalence of HSV-2 and syphilis in Andhra Pradesh state of India. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2010; 10:59. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/59.
Dandona R, Kumar SGP, Kumar GA, Lakshmi V, Dandona L. HIV testing among adults in a high prevalence district in India. National Medical Journal of India.2009; 22: 289-293.
Kumar SG, Dandona R, Schneider JA, Ramesh YK, Dandona L. Outputs and cost of HIV prevention programmes for truck drivers in Andhra Pradesh, India. BMC Health Services Research. 2009; 9:82. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/9/82.
Lakshmi V, Sudha T, Dandona R, Teja VD, Kumar GA, Dandona L. Application of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 BED enzyme immunoassay on dried blood spots in India. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2009; 58:312-317.
Fitzharris M, Dandona R, Kumar GA, Dandona L. Crash characteristics and patterns of injury among hospitalized motorised two-wheeled vehicle users in urban India. BMC Public Health. 2009; 9:11. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/11/.
Joshi R, Lopez A, MacMahon S, Reddy S, Dandona R, Dandona L, Neal B.Verbal autopsy coding: are multiple coders better than one? Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2009; 87:51-57.
Dandona R, Kumar GA, Ameer MA, Reddy GB, Dandona L. Underreporting of road traffic injuries to the police: results from two data sources in urban India. Injury Prevention. 2008; 14: 360-365.
Marseille E, Dandona L, Marshall N, Gaist P, Bautista S, Rollins B, Bertozzi S, Coovadia J, Saba J, Lioznov D, Du Plessis JA, Krupitsky E, Stanley N, Over M, Peryshkina A, Kumar SG, Muyingo S, Pitter C, Lundberg M, Kahn JG. HIV prevention costs and program scale: data from the PANCEA project in five low and middle-income countries. BMC Health Services Research. 2007; 7: 108. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/7/108/.
Dandona L, Kumar SGP, Ramesh YK, Rao MC, Marseille E, Kahn JG, Dandona R. Outputs, cost and efficiency of public sector centres for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, India. BMC Health Services Research. 2008; 8:26. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/8/26/.
Lakshmi V, Sudha T, Bhanurekha M, Dandona L. Evaluation of the Murex HIV Ag ⁄Ab combination assay when used with dried blood spots. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2007; 13:1134-1136.
Dandona L, Lakshmi V, Kumar GA, Dandona R. Is the HIV burden in India being overestimated? BMC Public Health. 2006; 4: 308. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/6/308/.
Kumar GA, Dandona R, Gutierrez JP, McPherson S, Bertozzi SM, Dandona L. Access to condoms for female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh. National Medical Journal of India. 2006; 19: 306-312.
Dandona R, Kumar GA, Raj TS, Dandona L. Patterns of road traffic injuries in the vulnerable population in Hyderabad, India. Injury Prevention. 2006; 12:183-188.
Dandona R, Kumar GA, Dandona L. Risky behaviour of drivers of motorised two-wheeled vehicles in India. Journal of Safety Research. 2006; 37:149-158.
Dandona R, Dandona L, Kumar GA, Gutierrez JP, McPherson S, Samuels F, Bertozzi SM, ASCI FPP Study Team. Utilising demography and sex work characteristics of female sex workers to enhance HIV prevention programmes in India. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 2006; 6:5. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/6/5/.
Dandona L, Dandona R. Revision of visual impairment definitions in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases. BMC Medicine. 2006; 4:7. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/4/7/.
Dandona L, Dandona R, Kumar GA, Gutierrez JP, McPherson S, Bertozzi SM, ASCI FPP Study Team. How much attention is needed towards men who sell sex to men for HIV prevention in India? BMC Public Health. 2006; 6: 31. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/6/31/.
Dandona R, Dandona L, Kumar GA, Gutierrez JP, McPherson S, Bertozzi SM, ASCI FPP Study Team. HIV testing among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India. AIDS. 2005; 19:2033-2036.
Dandona L, Sisodia P, Prasad TLN, Marseille E, Rao MC, Kumar AA, Kumar SGP, Ramesh YK, Over M, Someshwar M, Kahn JG. Cost and efficiency of public sector sexually transmitted infection clinics in Andhra Pradesh, India. BMC Health Services Research. 2005; 5:69. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/5/69/
Dandona L, Sisodia P, Kumar SGP, Ramesh YK, Kumar AA, Rao MC, Marseille E, Someshwar M, Marshall N, Kahn JG. HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: outputs, cost and efficiency. BMC Public Health. 2005; 5:98. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/98/.
Dandona R, Kumar GA, Dandona L. Traffic law enforcement in Hyderabad, India. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. 2005; 12:167-176.
Dandona R, Dandona L, Gutierrez JP, Kumar GA, McPherson S, Samuels F, Bertozzi SM, ASCI FPP Study Team. High risk of HIV in non-brothel based female sex workers in India. BMC Public Health. 2005; 5:87. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/87/.
Dandona L, Sisodia P, Ramesh YK, Kumar SGP, Kumar AA, Rao MC, Someshwar M, Hansl B, Marshall N, Marseille E, Kahn JG. Cost and efficiency of HIV voluntary counselling and testing centres in Andhra Pradesh, India. National Medical Journal of India. 2005; 18:26-31.
Dandona L, Sivan YS, Jyothi MN, Bhasker VSU, Dandona R. The lack of public health research output from India. BMC Public Health. 2004; 4:55. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/4/55/.
Dandona R, Dandona L, Mishra A, Dhingra S, Venkatagopalakrishna K, Chauhan LS. Utilization of and barriers to public sector tuberculosis services in India. National Medical Journal of India. 2004; 17:292-299.
Dandona L, Foster A. Patterns of blindness. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, editors. Duane’s Clinical Ophthalmology. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,. 2002.
Marseille E, Dandona L, Saba J, McConnel C, Rollins B, Gaist P, Lundberg M, Over M, Bertozzi S, Kahn JG. Assessing the efficiency of HIV prevention around the world: methods of the PANCEA project. Health Services Research. 2004; 39:1993-2012.
Dandona R, Dandona L. Childhood blindness in India: a population-based perspective. British Journal of Ophthalmology.2003; 87:263-265.
Dandona R, Dandona L. Corneal blindness in a southern Indian population: need for health promotion strategies. British Journal of Ophthalmology.2003; 87:133-141.
Dandona R, Dandona L, Srinivas M, Giridhar P, Nutheti R, Rao GN. Planning low vision services in India: a population-based perspective. Ophthalmology. 2002; 109:1871-1878.
Dandona L, Dandona R. Uncorrected refractive error. In: Basic and Clinical Science Course – International Ophthalmology. San Francisco: American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2002.
Dandona R, Dandona L, Vilas K, Giridhar P, Prasad MN, Srinivas M. Population based study of spectacles use in southern India. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2002; 50:145-155.
Hornby SJ, Ward SJ, Gilbert CE, Dandona L, Foster A, Jones RB. Environmental risk factors in congenital malformations of the eye. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 2002; 22:67-77.
Dandona R, Dandona L, Srinivas M, Giridhar P, McCarty CA, Rao GN. Population-based assessment of refractive error in India. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2002; 30:84-93.
Dandona L, Dandona R, John RK. Estimation of blindness in India from 2000 through 2020: Implications for the blindness control policy. National Medical Journal of India. 2001; 14:327-334.
Hornby SJ, Dandona L, Foster A, Jones RB, Gilbert CE. Clinical findings, consanguinity, and pedigrees in children with anophthalmos in southern India. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 2001; 43: 392-398.
Dandona R, Dandona L, John RK, McCarty CA, Rao GN. Awareness about eye diseases in southern India. Bulletin of World Health Organization. 2001; 79:96-102.
Dandona L, Dandona R, Shamanna BR, Rao GN. A model for high-quality sustainable eye-care services in rural India. In: Pararajasegaram R, Rao GN, editors. World Blindness and Its Prevention: Volume 6. Hyderabad: International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, 2001.
Dandona L, Dandona R, Srinivas M, John RK, McCarty CA, Rao GN. Ocular trauma in an urban population in southern India: the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2000; 28:350-356.
Dandona L, Dandona R, Mandal P, Srinivas M, John RK, McCarty CA, Rao GN. Angle-closure glaucoma in an urban population in southern India: the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology. 2000; 107:1710-1716.
Hornby SJ, Adolph S, Gothwal VK, Gilbert CE, Dandona L, Foster A. Causes of blindness and the need for optical services in children in schools for the blind in Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2000; 48: 195-200.
Hornby SJ, Gilbert CE, Rahi J, Sil AK, Yungao X, Dandona L, Foster A. Regional variation in blindness in children due to microphthalmos, anophthalmos and coloboma. Ophthalmic Epidemiology . 2000; 7:127-138.
Hornby SJ, Adolph S, Gothwal VK, Gilbert CE, Dandona L, Foster A. Requirements for optical services in children with microphthalmos, coloboma and microcornea in southern India. Eye. 2000; 14:219-224.
Dandona R, Dandona L, McCarty CA, Rao GN. Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2000; 48:65-70.
Dandona R, Dandona L, Naduvilath TJ, Srinivas M, McCarty CA, Rao GN. Refractive errors in an urban population in southern India: the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 1999; 40:2810-2818.
Dandona L, Dandona R, Naduvilath TJ, McCarty CA, Rao GN. Population-based assessment of diabetic retinopathy in an urban population in southern India. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 1999; 83:937-940.
Dandona R, Dandona L, Naduvilath TJ, McCarty CA, Rao GN. Awareness of eye donation in an urban population in India. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology. 1999; 27: 66-169.
Sekhar GC, Nagarajan R, Naduvilath TJ, Dandona L, Rao KMM, Rao VDP. Optic disc size in ocular hypertension. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 1999; 47:229-231.
Dandona L, Dandona R, Naduvilath TJ, McCarty CA, Srinivas M, Mandal P, Nanda A, Rao GN. Burden of moderate visual impairment in an urban population in southern India. Ophthalmology. 1999; 106:497-504.
Honavar SG, Goyal M, Majji AB, Sen PK, Naduvilath T, Dandona L. Glaucoma after pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil injection for complicated retinal detachments. Ophthalmology. 1999; 106:169-177.
Dandona L, Dandona R, Shamanna BR, Naduvilath TJ, Rao GN. Developing a model to reduce blindness in India: the International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 1998; 46:263-268.
Dandona L, Naduvilath TJ, Janarthanan M, Rao GN. Causes of corneal graft failure in India. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 1998; 46:149-152.
Dandona L, Dandona R, Naduvilath TJ, McCarty CA, Nanda A, Srinivas M, Mandal P, Rao GN. Is current eye-care-policy focus almost exclusively on cataract adequate to deal with blindness in India? The Lancet. 1998; 351:1312-1316.
Shamanna BR, Dandona L, Rao GN. Economic burden of blindness in India. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 1998; 46: 169-172.
Naduvilath TJ, Dandona L. Statistical analysis: the need, the concept, and the usage. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 1998; 46:51-58.
Dandona R, Dandona L, Naduvilath TJ, Nanda A, McCarty CA. Design of a population-based study of visual impairment in India: the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 1997; 45:251-257.
Dandona L, Naduvilath TJ, Janarthanan M, Ragu K, Rao GN. Survival analysis and visual outcome in a large series of corneal transplants in India. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 1997; 81:726-731.
Dandona L, Ragu K, Janarthanan M, Naduvilath TJ, Shenoy R, Rao GN. Indications for penetrating keratoplasty in India. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 1997; 45: 163-168.
Kalikivayi V, Naduvilath TJ, Bansal AK, Dandona L. Visual morbidity in school children in southern India. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 1997; 45:129-134.
Nirankari VS, Dandona L, Rodrigues MM, Schwalbe RS. Antibiotic prophylaxis in corneal storage media. Transactions of American Ophthalmological Society. 1994; 92:181-196.
Nirankari VS, Dandona L, Rodrigues MM. Laser photocoagulation of experimental corneal stromal vascularization: efficacy and histopathology. Ophthalmology. 1993; 100:111-118.
Dandona L, Hendrickson A, Quigley HA. Selective effects of experimental glaucoma on axonal transport by retinal ganglion cells to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 1991; 32:1593-1599.
Dandona L, Quigley HA, Brown AE, Enger C. Quantitative regional structure of the normal human lamina cribrosa: a racial comparison. Archives of Ophthalmology. 1990; 108:393-398.
Dandona L, Quigley HA, Jampel HD. Variability of depth measurements of the optic nerve head and peripapillary retina with computerized image analysis. Archives of Ophthalmology. 1989; 107:1786-1792.
Dandona L, Quigley HA, Jampel HD. Reliability of optic nerve head topographic measurements with computerized image analysis. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 1989; 108:414-421.
Dandona L, Morrison JC, Robin AL, Quigley HA. "Outlier" intraocular pressure readings: valid or invalid for statistical analysis? Ophthalmic Surgery. 1989; 20:737-743.