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Dentist and and MPH with 6+ years in evidence-based medical and scientific writing, research, and medical communication

Profile Summary

I am a dentist and public health professional with a Master's in Public Health from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, India. I have over six years of experience in medical and marketing content writing, as well as four years of research consultancy experience. I have worked as a research fellow and consultant on multicentric and national research projects. My research collaborations include renowned institutions, such as the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, AIIMS Delhi, and the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA. I am currently working as a consultant to the USC on a national research study: Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for the Longitudinal Aging Study in India. In addition to research consultancy, I have worked on SEO-optimized content for TransFunnel, Moeycontrol, myUpchar, and First Post.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ SEO Medical Writing
• ★ Systematic Literature Review
• ★ Health Economics
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Human Behavior & Psychology
• ☆ Cognitive Science
• ☆ Clinical Psychology
• ☆ Health Psychology
• ☆ Behavioral Genetics
• ☆ Child & Adolescent Psychology
• ☆ Family Psychology
• ☆ Developmental Psychology
• ☆ Applied Psychology
• ☆ Organizational Studies
• ☆ Learning & Memory
• ☆ Personality Analysis
• ☆ Child Development
• ☆ Social Psychology
• ☆ Psychology of Creativity
• ☆ Positive Psychology
• ☆ Medical Anthropology
• ☆ Gerontology
• ☆ Demography
• ☆ Health Policy
• ☆ Public Policy Administration
• ☆ Public Utilities
• ☆ International Studies
• ☆ Identity
• ☆ Child Psychology
• ☆ SPSS
• ☆ R
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs
• ☆ Medical Devices
• ☆ Medical Device Regulatory Consulting
• ☆ European Medical Device Regulation (MDR)
• ☆ ISO 13485
• ☆ ISO 14971
• ☆ EU In vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) Compliance
• ☆ Biomarker Analysis
• ☆ Clinical Trials
• ☆ IRB Applications
• ☆ Clinical Trial Design
• ☆ Patient Recruitment
• ☆ Clinical Trial Site Selection & Monitoring
• ☆ Primary Care/Family Medicine
• ☆ Medical Genetics
• ☆ Neurology
• ☆ Non-Alzheimer's Dementia
• ☆ Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease
• ☆ Preventive Medicine
• ☆ Women's Health
• ☆ Dentistry
• ☆ Oral Pathology
• ☆ Dental Research
• ☆ Prosthodontics
• ☆ Periodontics
• ☆ Dental Surgery
• ☆ Orthodontics
• ☆ Implantology
• ☆ Plastic Surgery
• ☆ Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• ☆ Medical Education
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME)
• ☆ Hospice & Palliative Medicine
• ☆ Public Health
• ☆ Epidemiology
• ☆ Environmental Epidemiology
• ☆ Pandemic Preparedness
• ☆ Emergency Preparedness
• ☆ Food Security
• ☆ Poverty Alleviation
• ☆ Disaster Relief
• ☆ Rural Development
• ☆ Contact Tracing
• ☆ Global Health
• ☆ Disease Control And Prevention
• ☆ Public Health and Sanitation
• ☆ Community Health Services
• ☆ Quality of Life Assessment
• ☆ Tobacco Use Prevention & Control
• ☆ Health Technology Assessment
• ☆ E-Health & Telemedicine
• ☆ Dietetics
• ☆ Health Informatics
• ☆ Healthcare Administration & Management
• ☆ Hospital & Medical Facility Management
• ☆ Medical Affairs
• ☆ Healthcare Quality Improvement
• ☆ Counseling & Mental Health Support
• ☆ Smoking Cessation
• ☆ Substance Abuse
• ☆ Addiction & Recovery Counseling
• ☆ Body Image
• ☆ Stress Management
• ☆ PTSD
• ☆ Anxiety Disorders
• ☆ Depression
• ☆ ADHD
• ☆ Psychiatry
• ☆ Parenting & Family Life
• ☆ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• ☆ Social Medicine
• ☆ Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
• ☆ Complementary & Alternative Medicine
• ☆ Meditation
• ☆ Alternative Medicine
• ☆ Recreational Therapy
• ☆ Occupational Health & Safety
• ☆ Industrial Hygiene
• ☆ Occupational Toxciology
• ☆ Biohazard Waste Management
• ☆ Workplace Safety Assessment
• ☆ Ergonomics
• ☆ Regulatory Affairs
• ☆ Health Education
• ☆ Behavior Therapy
• ☆ School Health Services
• ☆ Medical Terminology
• ☆ Foodborne Disease
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ User Research
• ☆ Quantitative User Research
• ☆ Qualitative User Research
• ☆ Meta-Research
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Gap Analysis
• ☆ Instructional Webinars
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME) Training
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Regulatory Writing
• ☆ Medical Device Regulatory Writing
• ☆ Medical Device Literature Reviews
• ☆ Clinical Evaluation Reports (CER)
• ☆ Clinical Trial Documentation
• ☆ Clinical Study Reports
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME) Materials
• ☆ Healthcare Communications
• ☆ Patient Education Materials
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Cochrane Reviews
• ☆ Medical Copywriting
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Instructional Materials
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Language Translation
• ☆ Creative Writing
• ☆ Course Content Writing
• ☆ Grant Writing
• ☆ Medical Law
• ☆ Marketing Strategy
• ☆ SEO & Web Traffic
• ☆ Digital Marketing
• ☆ Project Management
• ☆ Risk Management

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Market Research, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Project Specialist

Maze Research Pvt Limited

December 2024 - Present

Project Specialist

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

November 2022 - December 2024

Health Article and Blog writer

News 18: Moneycontrol.com

February 2022 - December 2023

Research Fellow in Health Economics

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research

February 2022 - October 2022

Junior Resident Doctor

ESIC Model Hospital cum ODC, Mumbai

January 2021 - January 2022

Program Coordinator

AIIMS Rishikesh

March 2020 - December 2020

Quarantine Supervisor & Member of Contact Tracing Team: COVID-19 Risk Prevention Task Force

AIIMS Rishikesh, India

March 2020 - December 2020

Blog Writer

Transfunnel Consulting

December 2018 - March 2020

Medical Writer and Editor

Myupchar

July 2018 - December 2019

Intern

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

July 2019 - August 2019

Education

Master of Public Health

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India

January 2019 - December 2020

Bachelor of Dental Surgery

ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Delhi

August 2012 - September 2017

Certifications

• Certificate of Registration

  Delhi Dental Council

  November 2017 - December 2025

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Anushikha Dhankhar, Ashima Nayyar, Pranali Khobragade, Joyita Banerjee, Geeta Chopra, Steffi Jacob, A.B. Dey, Jinkook Lee, Eileen Crimmins, Bharat Thyagarajan, et al. (2025). Methodology of community-based venous blood specimen collection for the harmonized diagnostic assessment of dementia for the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI-DAD): Wave 2 . PLOS One.

Pranali Y. Khobragade, Sarah Petrosyan, Sharmistha Dey, A. B. Dey, Jinkook Lee, the LASI‐DAD Authorship Team (2025). Design and methodology of the harmonized diagnostic assessment of dementia for the longitudinal aging study in India: Wave 2 . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Anushikha Dhankhar, Shivam Kapoor, Garima Bhatt, Sonu Goel, Rana J. Singh (2024). Complementary and Alternative Medicine/Therapy for Tobacco Cessation in India: A Secondary Analysis of GATS-1 and 2 . Indian Journal of Community Medicine.

Anushikha Dhankhar, Shankar Prinja, Jyoti Dixit, Nidhi Gupta, Amal Chandra Kataki, Partha Sarathi Roy, Nikita Mehra, Lalit Kumar, Ashish Singh, Pankaj Malhotra, et al. (2023). Financial toxicity of cancer treatment in India: towards closing the cancer care gap . Frontiers in Public Health.

Mahendra Singh, Anushikha Dhankar, Megha Sharma, Shreya Agarwal, Prasan K. Panda, Yogesh Bahurupi, Pradeep Aggarwal (2022). The epidemiology and dynamics of COVID-19 disease transmission among healthcare workers of a tertiary healthcare setting in India . Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.

Priyanka Semwal, Ranjeeta Kumari, Vikram Singh Rawat, Nisarg Aravindan, Anushikha Dhankar (2022). Psychological and other Correlates of Academic Performance in Medical Students at a Tertiary Care Hospital . Indian Journal of Community Medicine.

Ajeet S Bhadoria, Anushikha Dhankar, Giten Khwairakpam, Gagandeep Singh Grover, Vineet Kumar Pathak, Pragya Pandey, Rohit Gupta (2022). Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Concern: A Narrative Review About the Current Scenario and the Way Forward . Cureus.

Anushikha Dhankhar, Abhishek Verma, Stuti Verma, Nitin Kumar Moral, Nidhi Nagar, Ajeet Singh Bhadoria (2021). Predicting the Risk of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury in Impacted Lower Third Molars Using Panoramic Radiography and Cone Beam Computed Tomography . Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences.

Anushikha Dhankhar, Sakshi Supehia, Shivam Kapoor, Pranay Lal, Rana J. Singh (2021). Second-hand smoke exposure prevalence among smokers versus non-smokers and relative change at sub-national level in India: a secondary analysis from Global Adult Tobacco Survey 1 and 2 . International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health.

Anushikha Dhankhar, Ranjeeta Kumari, Yogesh Bahurupi (2021). Out-of-Pocket, Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Distress Financing on Non-Communicable Diseases in India: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis . Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention.

Anushikha Dhankhar, Pranay Lal, Shivam Kapoor, Amit Yadav (2021). Raising the legal age for purchase and use of tobacco to 21 years: A step towards tobacco endgame in India . Indian Journal of Tuberculosis.

PREPRINT

Alden L. Gross, Emma Nichols, Miguel Arce Rentería, Pranali Y. Khobragade, Erik Meijer, Mary Ganguli, Eileen M. Crimmins, Sharmistha Dey, Aparajit Ballav Dey, Jinkook Lee, et al. (2025). Risk and protective factors against cognitive decline in older adults from a nationally representative sample in India: Results from the LASI-DAD .

BOOK REVIEW

Anushikha Dhankhar, Ajeet Singh Bhadoria, Ravi Kant, Samiran Nundy (2021). A Must-read COVID-19 Pandemic Book for Every Individual and Policy-maker . Journal of Medical Evidence.