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Hire Dr. Priyanka G.

India

Public health research and clinical epidemiology expert with 10+ years of experience

Profile Summary

I am a trained and qualified researcher with Ph.D. in Anthropology, an expert in SPSS. I have demonstrated experience and expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research and data analyses, monitoring and evaluation, writing scientific proposals and research papers, and conducting systematic reviews. I have diversified experience in leading and managing large-scale national and international (in countries of Cambodia, Indonesia) research and implementation projects with prestigious organizations such as WHO, ICMR, DBT, and many CSR agencies in the areas of SRHR (focus on HIV/AIDS), Adolescent health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, and pregnancy complications. In the past, I have worked with reputed organizations such as the Public Health Foundation of India and the International Clinical Epidemiology Network, and have served as the UGC-Research Fellow at Delhi University. I am also a peer reviewer with many high-impact journals; Nature publishing group, SAGE journals, BMJ Open to name a few. My rich research experience is evident from the high-quality publications (18 in number) that I have authored and co-authored.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Research
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ Gender Equality
• ☆ Cardiovascular Disease
• ☆ Community Health Services
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Science Communication

Services

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

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Big Data Analytics

Product Development Product Validation

Work Experience

SENIOR REGIONAL MANAGER-RESEARCH, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

MAMTA-HIMC

May 2018 - April 2021

Research Fellow

Public Health Foundation of India

December 2016 - April 2018

Research analyst

Nutech Eco Clean Limited

August 2014 - December 2016

Research Fellow

The INCLEN Trust International

December 2013 - July 2014

Research Fellow

UGC-NET

November 2010 - November 2013

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Anthropology

Delhi University, New Delhi, India

May 2011 - November 2013

MPhil

Delhi University, New Delhi, India

November 2008 - April 2011

MSc. Anthropology (First class)

Miranda House, Delhi University

June 2006 - May 2008

BSc (Hons) (First Class) BOTANY

Miranda House, Delhi University

June 2003 - May 2006

Certifications

• Monitoring and Evaluation for Community Based Organizations certification

  Iotalytics

  May 2020 - Present

• SBMLS Fellow Membership Award (FBMLSc.)

  Society for Bio-Medical Laboratory Scientists

  April 2019 - Present

• French Language

  Delhi University

  May 2010 - Present

• UGC-JRF

  UNION GRANTS COMMISSION

  November 2009 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Priyanka Garg, Danielle Ashworth, Pankhuri Sharma, Sergio A Silverio, Simi Khan, Nishtha Kathuria, Mohan Ghule, V B Shivkumar, Atul Tayade, Sunil Mehra, et al.(2021). The PROMISES study: a mixed methods approach to explore the acceptability of salivary progesterone testing for preterm birth risk among pregnant women and trained frontline healthcare workers in rural India . BMJ Open. 11. (1). p. e040268. {BMJ}

Priyanka Garg, Tina Khanna, Faiyaz Akhtar, Sunil Mehra(2020). Association between gender disadvantage factors and postnatal psychological distress among young women: A community-based study in rural India . Global Public Health. p. 1--11. Informa {UK} Limited

Ketaki Chandiok, Mamta Kumari Thakur, Priyanka Rani Garg, N. Kiranmala Devi, Kallur Nava Saraswathy(2020). Surveillance analysis of the effects of dietary and lifestyle determinants on plasma homocysteine levels by combining the MTHFR C677T polymorphism in a rural North Indian population . Meta Gene. 25. p. 100742. Elsevier {BV}

HuidromSuraj Singh, Salam Kabita, PriyankaRani Garg, MasanKambo Newmei, KallurNava Saraswathy(2019). Tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphisms and complex disorders: A study among mendelian population with East Asian Ancestry . Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences. 5. (1). p. 35. Medknow

Lovejeet Kaur, Priyanka Rani Garg, Pradeep Kumar Ghosh, Kallur Nava Saraswathy(2018). Impaired Homocysteine Metabolism Associated with High Plasma Interleukin- 17A Levels, a Pro-Atherogenic Marker, in an Endogamous Population of North India . Ethnicity & Disease. 28. (4). p. 525--530. Ethnicity and Disease Inc

Kallur Nava Saraswathy, Shipra Joshi, Suniti Yadav, Priyanka Rani Garg(2018). Metabolic distress in lipid & one carbon metabolic pathway through low vitamin B-12: a population based study from North India . Lipids in Health and Disease. 17. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Narendra K. Arora, Rakesh Pillai, Rajib Dasgupta, Priyanka Rani Garg(2014). Whole-of-society monitoring framework for sugar, salt, and fat consumption and noncommunicable diseases in India . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1331. (1). p. 157--173. Wiley

Priyanka Rani Garg, Kabita Salam, K. N. Saraswathy(2014). Nonhigh-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: A Better Marker of Risk for Hypertension Than the Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol . International Journal of Stroke. 9. (7). p. E33--E33. {SAGE} Publications

K. N. Saraswathy, Priyanka Rani Garg, Kabita Salam, Shipra Joshi, Suraj Singh Huidrom, Pradeep Kumar Ghosh(2014). MTHFR C677T Polymorphism and its Homocysteine-Driven Effect on Blood Pressure . International Journal of Stroke. 9. (4). p. E20--E20. {SAGE} Publications

Ekata Sinha, Sanjenbam Yaiphaba Meitei, Priyanka Rani Garg, Kallur Nava Saraswathy(2013). PDE4D Gene Polymorphisms and Coronary Heart Disease: A Case-Control Study in a North Indian Population . Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. 27. (4). p. 297--300. Wiley

Priyanka Rani Garg, Kallur Nava Saraswathy, Aloke Kumar Kalla, Ekata Sinha, Pradeep Kumar Ghosh(2013). Pro-inflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms and threat for coronary heart disease in a North Indian Agrawal population . Gene. 514. (1). p. 69--74. Elsevier {BV}

Priyanka Rani Garg, Salam Kabita, Ekata Sinha, Leena Kalla, Lovejeet Kaur, Kallur Nava Saraswathy(2012). The association of non-HDL cholesterol with the presence of metabolic syndrome in North Indian subjects with and without CAD . Annals of Human Biology. 40. (1). p. 111--115. Informa {UK} Limited

(2012). Differences in conventional cardiovascular risk factors in two ethnic groups in India. Ethnicity & disease.

(2011). Prevalence of thinness among the adolescent girls (age group 13yrs-18yrs) of Garhkhal village of Himachal Pradesh, India. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN SCIENCES.

(2011). To study the obesity status among Rajput population of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh in terms of Body mass index and waist hip ratio. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN SCIENCES.

OTHER

Priyanka Rani Garg, Leena Uppal, Sunil Mehra, Devika Mehra(2019). Mobile Health App for Self-Learning on HIV Prevention Knowledge and Services Among a Young Indonesian Key Population: Cohort Study (Preprint) . {JMIR} Publications Inc.

Priyanka Garg, Narendra Arora, Rakesh Pillai(2016). Childhood Obesity and its Determinants . Textbook of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases: The Health Challenge of 21st Century. p. 142--142. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.

BOOK

(2014). Cytokine Genes and Coronary Heart Disease in an Indian Population. LAMBERT PUBLISHING GROUP.