Team IIHMR
Dr. Anuj Kumar Pandey
Senior Research Officer
Dr Anuj Kumar Pandey is a public health researcher with over five years of work experience wherein he has actively contributed by developing, implementing, and monitoring different community and facility-based interventions for strengthening the health system. His short professional career envisioned to get an in-depth understanding of how the health systems is designed and how it functions.
Dr Pandey ventured into Public Health with a degree in MPH with a specialisation in Health systems with focus on monitoring and evaluation. His professional career began with working in one of the high priority districts of Uttar Pradesh for undertaking Need based assessment of community for specific health related interventions, later creating awareness for increasing community engagement for better health outcomes. Conducting data analysis of different health related data and build capacity of the block/district/divisional government officials, reviewing performance of projects using M&E and program data monitoring, its analysis and ensuring use of evidence for program planning was some of his key areas of work.
He had worked in Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India (GoI) in Disaster Management Cell wherein he was primarily involved in supporting states and districts in handling and managing Public Health emergencies. Largely, he was involved in analysing COVID data for prioritization of high priority district, drafting technical guidelines and SOPs.
He is currently working as Senior Research Officer and is involved in two large multi-centric and multi-country implementation studies in collaboration with Imperial College London. He has published various articles in national and international journals with one being in Lancet regional health. He has also authored two chapters in books of public health importance.
Research Projects
| Name of Project | Role in the Project | Year | Agency |
| National Family Health Survey- 6 Rajasthan West | Health Coordinator | 2023 | MoHFW- IIPS |
| Early and extended low dose Erythropoietin Monotherapy in Neonatal Encephalopathy in Low and Middle-Income Countries (EMBRACE Trial) | Team member | 2022-2024 | Thrasher Foundation |
| Prevention of epilepsy by reducing neonatal encephalopathy – Quality monitoring, process evaluation, economic evaluation and acceptability study | Team member | 2021-2023 | National Institute of Health Research - UK |
| Developing Training content on “Concepts of Management for Healthcare professionals of Timor-Lest” | Team member | 2022 | WHO Timor-Leste |
| Integrating Point of Care Quality Improvement (POCQI) in Academics & Training for Public Health Professionals | Senior Research officer | 2022 | WHO- India |
Research Publications
1. Pandey AK, Neogi SB, Gautam D, Raushan MR. New realm of placenta accreta spectrum disorder: are we doing enough? The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. 2023 Mar 2;0(0). Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lansea/article/PIIS2772-3682(23)00033-1/fulltext
2. Kishore K, Jaswal V, Pandey AK, Verma M, Koushal V. Does Oxford Government Response Tracker Explain the SARS-CoV-2 Morbidity and Mortality: An Ecological Time Series Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2022 Oct 28;
3. Pandey AK, Raushan MR, Gautam D, Neogi SB. Alarming Trends of Cesarean Section-Time to Rethink: Evidence From a Large-Scale Cross-sectional Sample Survey in India. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Feb 13;25:e41892. doi: 10.2196/41892. PMID: 36780228; PMCID: PMC9972201.
4. Pandey AK, Gautam D, Benson TM, Kharkwal Y. Registration and medical certification of deaths in the Indian States: a comparative analysis of data of CRS and MCCD reports (2010–2019). SN Soc Sci. 2022 Oct 17;2(11):234.
5. Mishra C, Dash S, Pandey AK*, Mishra SS. Women’s Empowerment: Bringing Women’s Rights and Health into Focus- A Comparative Analysis of State Fact Sheets of National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 & 5. Natl J Community Med. 2022 Nov. 30;13(11):844-50. Available from: https://njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/2353
6. B Tripathy, AK Pandey*, SS Mishra, C Mishra Caesarean Section Delivery in India: A Comparative Assessment of Geographical Variability Using Nationally Representative Survey Factsheet Data. National Journal of Community Medicine 14 (04), 260-266
7. Pandey AK, Mishra SS, Wadgave Y, Mudgil N, Gawande S, Dhange VB. The COVID-19 variants: an overview. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health. 2021 Sep 27;8(10):5148–53.
8. Pandey, A.K., Pachouri, S., & Pandey, A. (2020). Exploring factors influencing post-partum length of hospital stay among women residing in two high priority districts of Uttar Pradesh: a quantitative study. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 8, 2180.
9. Pandey AK, Mudgil N, Wadgave Y, Mishra SS. Corneal transplantation during COVID-19 pandemic: need for special considerations-A live review. AIMS Public Health. 2021;8(2):186–95.
10. Pandey AK, Surachna, Mishra SS. Applications for data collection: AppDatCol. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health. 2021 Oct 27;8(11):5551–6.
Other Assignments
1. Developing the national training policy and strategic plan for health for Timor Leste; WHO Timor Leste 2022 (Under guidance of Prof. Sutapa B. Neogi)
2. Development of content on the book titled – “Designing and evaluating public health Intervention.”
3. News-paper Interviews
• Why Does India Ascertain the Causes of Only One-Fourth of its Deaths? The WIRE, Accessed from https://thewire.in/health/why-does-india-ascertain-the-causes-of- only-one-forth-of-its-deaths
• Causes of more than three-quarters of deaths in India not ascertained, The Straits Times, accessed from https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/causes-of-more-than-three-quarters-of-deaths-in-india-not-ascertained
Papers/Chapters in Books
Book Chapter
1. Clinics in COVID pandemic- Chapter-2: Epidemiological Indicators for COVID-19 Pandemic, 1s edition- Century Publication. ISBN: 978-81-956189-1-0
2. Health systems in India- Chapter-1 : Understanding Hospital administration dynamics, Ahuja Publication, 1st edition, ISBN: 978-93-80316-91-8
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis registration
1. Effect of treatment of Anemia in Pregnancy with Intravenous versus Oral Iron therapy on clinical outcome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, accessed from https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=368346
2. Safety of medicinal preparations to induce abortion during pregnancy: a systematic review and Meta-analysis accessed from https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=357505
Papers Presented
1. Registration and medical certification of deaths in the Indian States: A comparative analysis of data of CRS and MCCD reports (2010-2019); National Workshop on Strengthening the Cause of Death Data Quality by Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Cancer Centre, Tata Memorial Centre, Varanasi and received the best paper award.
2. Growing Burden of Caesarean delivery - evidence from Large Scale sample survey in India; South-Asian federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (SAFOG) in association with Sri-Lanka College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (SLCOG). Conference Presentation.
3. “Exploring factors influencing post-partum length of hospital stay among women residing in two high priority districts of Uttar Pradesh– A mixed method study” at 7th National PHFI research symposium
4. Registration and medical certification of deaths in the Indian States: A comparative analysis of data of CRS and MCCD reports (2010-2019); All India Institute of Medical Sciences- Patna in association with Epidemiology Foundation of India; Conference Presentation.
Trainings & Workshops
1. 7th Regional WHO- TDR Course on Good Health Research Practice (GHRP) (Dec’21 to Feb’22) (Funded by WHO-TDR)
2. National Level Workshop on “Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” organized by PGIMER Chandigarh (issued February 2023)
3. Health Research fundamentals, National Institute of Epidemiology- Indian Council for Medical research (Feb.- March 2017)
4. ICH Good Clinical Practice – issued by The Global Health Network (issued in July 2021)
5. Diploma in Nutrition and Health Education IGNOU (June 2016-June 2017)
6. Attended National conference on “Financial Universal Health Coverage” Sep. 2016 (At India Habitat Centre, Delhi)
As a resource person:
1. Grant Writing Workshop – in collaboration with Imperial College London
Membership of Scientific & Academic Organizations
1. Member of “The Epidemiology Foundation of India”
Awards Obtained
1. Best Paper Award- National Workshop on Strengthening the Cause of Death Data Quality – 2022 Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Cancer Centre, Tata Memorial Centre, Varanasi
2. South-Asian federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (SAFOG) in association with Sri-Lanka College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (SLCOG) – 2022 SAFOG- SLCOG
3. 7th Regional WHO- TDR Course on Good Health Research Practice – 2021 WHO and IPH Bengaluru
4. Dr. Malati Allen Nobel Award- Kolkata – 2015 UG Batch topper