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Expertise in Cochrane Meta-analysis and Systematic Reviews (10+ years of experience), Medical Epidemiologist & Researcher, Large dataset Analyst,

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My qualifications are B.D.S., M.P.H (specialization: Epidemiology) and Ph.D in Public Health from one of the premiere institutes Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. My MPH thesis was on "Health care seeking behavior among HIV/AIDS cases." I am currently working as Project Co-ordinator of HIV Sentinel Surveillance project at School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh. My PhD research work was focused on causes of death, medical certification of causes of death based on ICD-10 classification, verbal and social autopsy to find out medical and social causes of death so as to reduce adult mortality. And application of machine learning methods like InterVA, KingLu, tariff method to assign cause of death. So, I got good experience of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods and analysis, demographic methods to assess completion of data as well as machine learning methods. Core Areas of Academic Expertise: 1. Epidemiology (esp. Social Epidemiology) & Bio statistics: BASIC & ADVANCED EPI, SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, META- ANALYSIS 2. Research Methodology- QUAN, QUAL, MIXED METHODS, OPERATIONS RESEARCH, ACTION RESEARCH 3. Demography/ Population Sciences esp. Mortality and fertility indicators, life table analysis 4. Health Promotion: Drafting HEALTH MESSAGES, HEALTH PROMOTION INTERVENTION PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION 5. Health Economics 6. Maternal and Child Health 7. Communicable ( HIV/AIDS, TB) and Non- Communicable Diseases esp. Stroke, Myocardial Infarction 8. Health Management Software Proficiency: Quantitative analysis: SPSS, Microsoft excel, EpiInfo, R Qualitative analysis: NVivo Reference management: Endnote Causes of death assignment: InterVA, King- Lu, Tarriff method Areas of Interest: Epidemiology, Demography, social factors influencing health, social factors leading to death, machine learning methods, qualitative model building, adult mortality, causal relationships, setting an intervention in the community, HIV/AIDS, TB Additional Strengths: Proficient in medical coding of disease and cause of death using International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), conducting verbal and social autopsies, system evaluation and operations research Work Experience: 1. Research: I have EIGHT years of experience in planning and conducting qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods and operational research including secondary data research. I have immense experience in working with HIV/ AIDS cases, evaluation and supportive supervision of health system, Civil Registration System by using various study designs like cross- sectional, case- control, prospective. I am proficient in literature search and writing reviews, identifying study aim, defining objectives, planning and writing research methods (sample size calculation, sampling technique, designing and validating questionnaires), analysis and interpretation of results. In qualitative study, I have expertise in data collection methods (In-depth interviews, FGDs) and analysing data both manually and by using software via thematic analysis, grounded theory analysis and ethnographic methods. Most of my publications are in PubMed indexed Internal journals like Bulletin of World health Organization, PlosOne, Indian Journal of Community Medicine etc . My major research areas are Civil Registration system: ProficiencyEvaluation of government system to assess its completeness by secondary and primary data collection and ways to improve the system further by using QUAL research, Adult mortality: Indicators of mortality by using secondary data from Sample Registration System and CRS, whether data on adult mortality is available worldwide, verbal autopsy and social autopsy, maternal and infant mortality, operational research to reduce the mortality burden HIV/AIDS- immense experience working with female sex workers, transgenders, targeted interventions to reduce incidence and HIV/AIDS mortality, assessment of India's health system to combat these epidemics, evaluation of NACO programmes Tuberculosis- study to find out how to reduce burden of TB and HIV-TB co- infection by assessing the health facilities. Maternal and child health: I have worked on assessing availability and utilization of quality maternal and child care in government health system of India. Also I am currently working on priortizing social interventions which can reduce maternal and child mortality in India. 2. Development of training and course material: I have SIX years of experience. I have been instrumental in developing short training material for Community Health Workers for epidemic identification and preparedness. I have worked as Lecturer of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, PGIMER where I gained experience of developing course curriculum, course material (theory+ practical) for Epidemiology, demography, research methodology, Communicable diseases and softwares like SPSS and Epiinfo. 3. Teaching and training I have THREE years of experience in teaching and co-ordinating sessions of Epidemiology, demography, research methodology, Communicable diseases and softwares like SPSS and Epiinfo with senior faculty.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Surveillance Systems
• ☆ Industrial Operations Research
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Medical Sociology
• ☆ Evaluation Methodology
• ☆ SPSS
• ☆ Primary Care/Family Medicine
• ☆ HIV/AIDS Treatment
• ☆ Tuberculosis
• ☆ Social Medicine
• ☆ Rural Health
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Project Coordinator

School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

July 2017 - Present

Research Fellow

School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

June 2012 - January 2017

Research Fellow in Community Medicine

UGC-NET

June 2012 - January 2017

Demonstrator of Epidemiology

School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

June 2011 - June 2012

Project Co-ordinator in HIV Sentinel Surveillance

School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

January 2011 - June 2012

Intern

Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society

January 2010 - June 2011

Program Officer for six districts

Punjab State AIDS Control Organization, India

July 2010 - January 2011

Data Analyst

School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

January 2010 - July 2010

Education

PhD

School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh

July 2012 - January 2017

MPH

School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

July 2008 - June 2010

BDS

Dasmesh Institute of Dental Sciences and Research

August 2002 - June 2007

Certifications

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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Gupta M, Kaur M, Lakshmi PVM, Prinja S, Singh T, Sirari T, et al. (2018) Social autopsy for identifying causes of adult mortality. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0198172. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198172 .

Gupta, M., Rao, C., Lakshmi, P., Prinja, S., & Kumar, R. (2016). Estimating mortality using data from civil registration: a cross-sectional study in India. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 94(1), 10–21. http://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.153585 .

Kumar R, Tripathy JP, Singh N, Kaur M, Prinja S, Lakshmi PVM, Gupta M, Madhanraj K, Bhattacharya S. Rapid Assessment of Health Services in Punjab using a Mixed Method Approach. Indian J Comm Health. 2015; 27, 2: 197-203 .

Lakshmi PVM., Kaur M., Gupta M, Singh S. Can refreshing of knowledge & skills change quality of counseling services for people living with HIV/AIDS? BSSS Journal of Social Work.2011. 1(3), 48-59. ISSN: 0975-251X.

CONFERENCE PAPER

3. Gupta M, Kaur M, Kumar R. Health Care Seeking Behavior among HIV/AIDS cases at tertiary Hospital/ ART Center in Chandigarh. Second International Conference on Alcohol and HIV/AIDS; 29th Sep 2010; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India.

2. Gupta M, Lakshmi PVM, Prinja S, Singh TD, Sirari T, Kumar R. Performance of computer coded verbal autopsy in identifying causes of adult mortality. First Public Health Symposium on Health informatics: opportunities and challenges; 7th- 8th March 2015; Chandigarh, India (Poster)- Got first prize.

1. Gupta M, Kaur M, Lakshmi PVM, Prinja S, Singh TD, Sirari T, Kumar R. Social causes of adult mortality. 60th National Annual Conference of Indian Public Health Association; 4th – 6th March 2016; Dehradun, India (Oral).

MANUAL

School of Public Heath, PGIMER. World health Organization. Agreement for performance of work- Training Program for Community Health Workers on Detection, alert and reporting of health unusual events. 2011.

BOOK CHAPTER

Gupta M, Kaur M, Sharma A, Kumar R. Heath care seeking behavior of people living with HIV/AIDS in Chandigarh. In: Chidambaranathan C, Mary IJ, ed. AIDS causes and cure. Jaipur: Aavishkar Publishers, 2014.

Kaur M & Gupta M. Heath care seeking behavior of people living with HIV/AIDS in Chandigarh: A mixed methods approach. Chapter 15. In: Sibnath Deb & Archana Shukla ed. HIV/ AIDS in India: A Public Health Approach on Contemporary Trends. New Delhi: Global Vision Publishing House, 2015.

TRANSLATION

World Health Organization. Gupta M, Singh S. Training Programme for community health workers on detection, alert and reporting of unusual health events, 2011. School of Public health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

REPORT

White Ribbon Alliance and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of medical Education and Research. Kaur M, Khosa H and Gupta M.Midwifery and emergency obstetric care development project- 2006- 2009 of Haryana” .