Buna Bhandari

I am working as an Assistant Professor of epidemiology at the Central Department of Public Health at Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu Nepal. I completed my PhD in Public Health from the School of Population Health of the University of New South Wales, Australia with the focus in the management of non-communicable diseases especially cardiovascular diseases using mHealth. I am a Bernard Lown Visiting Scholar in Cardiovascular Health at the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Over the decades, I am working as an academician and have been involved in teaching-learning activities of undergraduate Medical, Public health and Nursing students and supervising the research projects of students. I am passionate about conducting different kinds of epidemiological studies related to cardiovascular diseases, maternal and child health issues like Gender-Based violence, nutrition, and environmental health, policy and program evaluation etc. I am trained in the conduction of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. I am also working as a peer reviewer in different peer-reviewed scientific journals and guest facilitator and Stewards for the Author AID by contributing to online courses development and facilitation.
I have authored different articles in scientific journals related to hypertension, maternal health, and community-based education, blog post at AuthorAID and a chapter on the book "Handbook of pregnancy and nutrition" published by Springer Nature, USA. My main objectives are to be a part of different epidemiological studies and strengthen scientific knowledge, thereby contributing to policymaking.

Companies

• Lown Scholar (The Bernard Lown Scholars for Cardiovascular Health Program) Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2022)
• Stewards Author AID INASP (2020)
• EPICORE Certified Member ProMED-mail - A Program at the International Society for Infectious Diseases (2016)
• Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Central Department of Public Health Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Kathmandu (2015)
• Reviewer BMC (2015)
• Research Assistant UNSW (2021 — 2022)
• Research Assistant UNSW (2020 — 2022)
• HDR Students Executive Representative UNSW (2019 — 2021)
• Data Quality Analyst for COVID 19 NSW Health (2020 — 2020)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Public Health and Community Medicine UNSW (2017 — 2021)
• Short course Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands (2014 — 2014)
• Master in Public Health School of Public Health and Community Medicine, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal (2008 — 2010)
• Bachelor's Degree Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine (2005 — 2007)