Team IIHMR
Dr. Preetha G. S.
Professor & Dean (Research)
Dr.Preetha G S, Professor and Dean Research in IIHMR Delhi, did her MBBS from Government Medical College, Trivandrum and MD in Community Health Administration from the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare(NIHFW), New Delhi. With more than two decades of sectoral experience, she plays a pivotal role in providing key inputs to the research agenda and activities of the institute. Dr. Preetha has extensive experience in health systems research, programme and project management, training and teaching. As an academician and researcher, she has played an important role in strengthening health systems of the country through her research projects as well as through teaching and capacitating human resource. She has led research projects in diverse areas of public health, funded by national and international agencies. She has also published articles in national and international journals. During her career in IIHMR, she has instilled learnings in Epidemiology, Healthcare Quality, Research Methodology, Health systems etc to the Masters’ students of Health and Hospital Management In her earlier assignments, she has worked with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) Government of India; NIHFW and United Nations Development Programme, New Delhi in various capacities.
Research Projects
Name of project |
Role in the project |
Year |
Agency |
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Global Immunization Learning Partner And Support To Learning Hubs |
Project Coordinator |
2022-25 |
GAVI |
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Planning and Piloting an integrated disease control campaign in Uttar Pradesh |
Principal Investigator |
2021 |
Global Health Task Force |
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Integrating Point of Care Quality Improvement (POCQI) in Academics & Training for Public Health Professionals |
Principal Investigator |
2022 |
WHO India |
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Prevention of epilepsy from perinatal brain injury |
Team member |
2019-23 |
NIHR, UK |
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Smokeless Tobacco Use and Reproductive Health in Women: Rapid Review |
Team member |
2020-21 |
WHO India |
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Mapping of Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Nursing and Pharmacy courses vis-à-vis MBBS curriculum to identify topics for bridge courses for Mid level providers |
Principal Investigator |
2020 |
WHO India |
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Healthcare seeking behavior for Malaria – An ethnographic study of health service seekers and healthcare providers in a tribal dominated district of Chhattisgarh |
Co PI |
2019 |
ICMR |
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Social diagnosis of neonatal deaths in Haryana : the impact of contextual factors in pathways of survival of newborns. (Indian Council of Medical Research |
Principal Investigator |
2018 |
ICMR |
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Climate Variability, Human Health Impact And Economic Burden In Tribal Communities Of Selected Geographical Regions In India |
Co PI |
2017 |
DST |
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Workload assessment of ANMs in Uttar Pradesh |
Team member |
2017 |
UNICEF |
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Evaluation of Tobacco mCessation programme in India |
Principal Investigator |
2016 |
WHO Geneva |
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National Family Health Survey- 4 – Uttarakhand |
Health Coordinator |
2015 |
IIPS |
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(Evaluation phase) Migration, poverty and access to health care: A Multi-centric Study on Peoples Access and Health Systems Responsiveness in MCH care in the city of Kolkata |
Principal Investigator |
2014 |
ICMR |
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Testing and validation of strategies of UHI to increase contraceptive prevalence in UP (FHI)
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Principal Investigator |
2013 |
UHI |
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Assessing value for money in health portfolio in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa:
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Project Coordinator |
2012 |
ITAD-DFID
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A Descriptive Evaluation of Postpartum Family Planning Integration Models in India |
Team member |
2013 |
JHPEIGO |
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Climate change and malaria in Central India |
Co PI |
2013 |
DST |
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Understanding the perceived opportunities and barriers for prevention and management of diabetes and High Blood Pressure among general population in Sonepat district of Haryana |
Principal Investigator |
2013 |
PSI
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Research Publications
- Tripathi, Vinay; G S, Preetha; & Swain, Sumant. 2024. Tracking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) indicators in tribal districts of India: a secondary data analysis through 2015–2020. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. Volume 14, Issue 1, 1 January 2024. IWA Publishing. doi: 10.2166/washdev.2024.119.
- Eva S. Bazant, Carol McPhillips-Tangum, Sumitra Devi Shrestha, Preetha G S, Ajay Khera, Laura Nic Lochlainn, Esmael Habtamu, Vivek I. Patel, Gladys Muhire, Kristin N. Saarlas. Promising practices for the collaborative planning of integrated health campaigns from a synthesis of case studies in eight countries. BMJ Global Health 2022 Dec;7(12):e010321. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010321
- Neogi SB, Pandey S, Preetha GS, Swain S. The predictors of COVID-19 mortality among health systems parameters: an ecological study across 203 countries. Health Res Policy Syst. 2022 Jun 27;20(1):75.
- Banerjee R, Neogi SB, Grover A, Preetha GS et al. Effect of in utero exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection on pregnancy outcomes and growth and development of infants: protocol for a multicentre ambispective cohort study in India BMJ Open 2022;12:e055377. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055377
- Smokeless Tobacco Use and Reproductive Outcomes in Women: A Systematic Review. Radhika AG, B. Neogi S, GS Preetha, Swain S, Kaur J and Kaur J. Accepted in F1000 research, 2021.
- Radhika AG, Preetha GS, Neogi SB. Need for Gender Focused Policies Addressing Smokeless Tobacco Use among Women in India: A Review. November 2021. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev; 22(S2):7-12 DOI:10.31557/ APJCP.2021. 22.S2.7
- Tripathi V, Preetha GS. Knowledge and Practices about Malaria in Two Tribal Dominated Regions of Madhya Pradesh, India. J Commun Dis. 2021;53(3):112-117.
- Tripathi V, Akhtar R, Preetha G S. Perceptions regarding climate change and its health impact: Reflections from a community-based study in India. Indian J Community Med 2021;46: 206-9
- Tripathi, V., Preetha, G. S., Pandey, A. K., & Vijay, P. (2023). Tribal Malaria in India: An Analysis of Malaria Incidence and Mortality over 20-Year Period (2000-2020). Vector borne and zoonotic diseases, 23(3), 113–118. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2022.0083
- Tripathi, V., Preetha, G. S., Pandey, A. K., & Vijay, P. (2023). Tribal Malaria in India: An Analysis of Malaria Incidence and Mortality over 20-Year Period (2000-2020). Vector borne and zoonotic diseases, 23(3), 113–118. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2022.0083
- DeFries, Ruth; Agarwala, Meghna; Baquie, Sandra; Choksi, Pooja; Dogra, Nitish; Preetha GS et al. Post-lockdown spread of COVID-19 from cities to vulnerable forest-fringe villages in Central India. Current Science (00113891) . 7/10/2020, Vol. 119 Issue 1, p52-58. 7p.
- Neogi SB, Preetha GS. Assessing health systems’ responsiveness in tackling COVID-19 pandemic. Indian J Public Health 2020;64:S211-6.
- Swain S, Preetha G S, Kumar S, Aggarwal D, Kumar R, Kumar S. Human resources for health in India: Need to go beyond numbers. Indian J Community Med 2020;45:266-9
- Kumar S, Swain S, Preetha GS, Singh BS, Aggarwal D. Zoonotic diseases in India. Indian J Community Med 2020;45:S1-2.
- Gopinathan P, Kaur J, Joshi S, Prasad VM, Pujari S, Panda P, et al. Self-reported quit rates and quit attempts among subscribers of a mobile text messaging-based tobacco cessation programme in India. BMJ Innov 2018 Jul 25;4(4):147-154
- Kumar S, Preetha GS. Health promotion: An effective tool for global health. Indian Journal of Community Medicine.2012:37:5-12
- Dave A, Dave S, Preetha GS, Pant B. Why me? A missing girl. Indian Journal of Public Health 2009.Oct-Dec; 53(4):259-63
Other Assignments
Papers/Chapters in Books
- Preetha G S, Vinay Tripathi. Stillbirths and Neonatal deaths: need for an allied battle to enhance survival at birth and beyond. In Collaborative Governance for Sustainable Development of Health and Well being: Issues and Perspectives Vol 1(p 1-19). New Delhi. 2021. Published by National Institute of Health and Family Welfare
Papers Presented
Trainings & Workshops
- Facilitators and challenges for integrating campaigns for control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in a state in North India (Accepted for poster presentation – HSR Conference in Bogota, Colombia, 31 October- -4 November 2022) – Could not present.
- Preetha Gopinathan, Sumant Swain, Bhanu Singh. Health care seeking for seriously ill newborns among families in a state in India, In 24 th World Congress on Pediatrics, Neonatology and Primay Care (Webinar).
- Presented paper on “Scope of integration of campaigns for Neglected Tropical diseases in Uttar Pradesh” on 09 September in 12th Annual Neglected Tropical Disease NGO (NNN) Conference
- Presentation on Promising Practices in Collaborative Planning for Integrated Campaigns in the Webinar - Test & Learn Session: by Health Campaign Effectiveness on 22 March,2022.
Invited talks
- “Ethical considerations in Public Health Research: Evolution, practice and challenges” - Medallion 2017, Annual International Conference on Current Trends in Public Health and Hospital Administration, 17-18 February organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
- “Health System Research: Evidence based decision making to improve public health practice” - Medallion 2016, Annual International Conference on Current Trends in Public Health and Hospital Administration, 26-27 February 2017 organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
Membership of Scientific & Academic Organizations
Awards Obtained