Dinesh Bhandari

Dinesh Bhandari

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences


Dr Dinesh Bhandari is an early career public health researcher with specific interests and experience in global environmental health and paediatric infectious disease. His research focuses on assessing health risks associated with climate change and identifying/designing sustainable adaptation strategies to protect human health from its impacts. His work on climate change and infectious diseases in the low-and middle-income countries has been cited in the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Additionally, his research on climate change and childhood diarrhoea has contributed to the formulation of adaptation strategies by the World Health Organization that prioritize climate-sensitive health impacts, with a focus on diarrheal diseases.

Dr Bhandari is also interested in paediatric infectious diseases, including the diagnosis, distribution, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns of pathogens, and understanding the role of environmental factors in disease transmission. To comprehend the environmental, biological, and social determinants of human health and propose appropriate intervention strategies, he use statistical, qualitative, and molecular research techniques.

During my PhD, I estimated the association between climate change and childhood diarrhoea in Kathmandu, Nepal; with an aim to facilitate the integration of climate change-related risk in infectious disease surveillance systems. My PhD project resulted in the publication of five research papers in Q1 peer reviewed journal including an invited comment paper in the Lancet Global Health.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2023 - 2025 Visiting Fellow University of Adelaide
    2018 - 2021 PhD Candidate University of Adelaide, Adelaide
    2017 - 2017 Research Assitant Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Wellington
    2014 - 2017 Research Officer Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal
    2009 - 2010 Trainee Naturalist Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge, Nepal
  • Awards and Achievements

    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2022 Achievement Global Talent VISA Australian Department of Home Affairs Australia -
    2020 Award ISEE Travel Award 2020 The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology United States -
    2019 Award Walter and Dorothy Duncan Trust travel award 2019 Walter and Dorothy Duncan Trust Australia 1000 AUD
    2019 Award ISEE Travel Award 2019 The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology United States 1500 Euros
    2018 Scholarship Adelaide Scholarship International (ASI) The University of Adelaide Australia 137330 AUD
    2015 Award Young researcher travel award Naresuan University Thailand Accomodation, lodging and airfare Nepal - Thailand (1 week)
    2015 Award ESCMID Travel Award European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Switzerland 6000 Nrs
  • Language Competencies

    Language Competency
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Nepali Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2010 - 2014 Tribhuvan University Nepal Masters in Medical Microbiology
  • Postgraduate Training

    Date Title Institution Country
    2018 - 2022 PhD University of Adelaide Australia
  • Research Interests

2022 Grant Health Policy and Systems Research Responding to Climate Change: Lesson from Nepal (CO-PI) World Health Organisation Geneva 60000 USD
2019 Travel Grant Walter and Dorothy Duncan Trust travel grant 2019 Walter and Dorothy Duncan Trust Australia 1000 AUD
2019 Travel Grant ISEE Travel grant 2019 The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology United States 1500 Euros
2020 Travel Grant ISEE Travel grant 2020 The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology United States

 

Academic Tutor (Contract: February 2019- July 2019)

Research Placement Course, Medical School, HLTH SC 3007 - 3013

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

The University of Adelaide

South Australia, Australia

 

 

 

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