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Biography
I am a global health researcher and public health specialist with credentials in data science, global disease epidemiology, and clinical medicine. As an award-winning educator and academic at the Australian National University, I research health system strengthening across the six WHO blocks, focusing on chronic disease epidemiology and lead design-implementation-evaluation of scaled community health programs. I have led the implementation of multi-country global health grants overseas(focussing on India &South Asia)- to advance health priorities related to chronic disease and maternal, newborn and child health. As part of the health system, I also undertake clinical population health research to strengthen healthcare delivery by designing, developing and evaluating feasibility (pilot) approaches using hospital data to identify unmet patient care needs and benchmark quality of care. I hold public health faculty associations in Australia, the UK, and India. As a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh and London, I am passionate about multidisciplinary prevention research that improves community health and supports the health system delivery of patient-centred care addressing integrated care needs.
Qualifications
MBBS,MSc,PhD,FHEA(UK),MNAMS,IP-FPH,FRCP(Edin),FRCP(Lond)
Research Interests
I welcome academic and research collaborations in health system strengthening, public health capacity building, and student research supervision on maternal, newborn and child health and chronic disease epidemiology. I support community and hospital-based research in Australia and on global health topics, including public health epidemiology and medicine.
Education/Academic qualification
MBBS
MSc Global Health Sciences
PhD
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
Visiting Research Fellow, Public Health Foundation of India
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Canberra
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Disease burden attributable to intimate partner violence against females and sexual violence against children in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
GBD 2023 Intimate Partner Violence Collaborators, 3 Jan 2026, In: The Lancet . 407, 10523, p. 31-52 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global burden of amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and opioid use in 204 countries, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease Study
Kang, J., Kim, H. J., Kim, M. S., GBD 2023 Substance Use Collaborators, Il Shin, J. & Yon, D. K., 16 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Medicine. 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Asthma and Atopic Dermatitis in Asia, 1990–2021: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
GBD 2021 Asia Allergic Disorders Collaborators, Aug 2025, In: Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 55, 8, p. 671-690 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
GBD 2023 Disease and Injury and Risk Factor Collaborators, 18 Oct 2025, In: The Lancet . 406, 10513, p. 1873-1922 50 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Burden of neurological disorders in China and its provinces, 1990–2021: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2021
GBD 2021 China Neurological Disorders Collaborators, 8 Aug 2025, In: Med. 6, 8, 16 p., 100692.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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