Dinesh Bhandari

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2023 - 2028	Visiting Fellow	University of Adelaide
  2022 - 2025	Research Fellow	Monash University
  2021 - 2022	Public Health Consultant	Nepal Health Research Council
  2021 - 2022	Senior Consultant	Center for Health and Diseases Studies
  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

• 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

  Translational Health Outcomes Clinical Microbiology Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Epidemiology Public Health

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2025	Robinson, E., Bhandari, D., Donohue, R., & Lokmic-Tomkins, Z. (2025). Addressing healthcare professionals’ fatigue for effective climate action engagement. Journal of Climate Change and Health, 21, 6 pages. DOI
  2025	Kyu, H. H., Vongpradith, A., Dominguez, R. M. V., Ma, J., Albertson, S. B., Novotney, A., . . . Azzam, A. Y. (2025). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 25(5), 519-536. DOI Scopus34 WoS28 Europe PMC27
  2025	Fatima, S. H., Zaidi, F., Rafiq, J., Bhandari, D., Ali, A., & Bi, P. (2025). Impact of temperatures on Malaria Incidence in vulnerable regions of Pakistan: Empirical Evidence and Future Projections. Epidemiology and Infection, 153, 1-38. DOI
  2025	Bhandari, D., Robinson, E., Pollock, W., Watterson, J., Su, T. T., & Lokmic-Tomkins, Z. (2025). Mapping multilevel adaptation response to protect maternal and child health from climate change impacts: A scoping review. Iscience, 28(3), 17 pages. DOI Scopus1
  2025	Bennitt, F. B., Wozniak, S., Causey, K., Spearman, S., Okereke, C., Garcia, V., . . . Chanie, G. S. (2025). Global, regional, and national burden of household air pollution, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 405(10485), 1167-1181. DOI Scopus21 WoS20 Europe PMC14
  2025	Shakya, R., Dhimal, M., Joshi, P., Aryal, U. R., Gynawali, P., & Bhandari, D. (2025). Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on outpatient care for non-communicable diseases in Nepal. International Journal of Epidemiology, 54(4), dyaf100-1-dyaf100-8. DOI
  2025	Haeuser, E., Byrne, S., Nguyen, J., Raggi, C., McLaughlin, S. A., Bisignano, C., . . . Ajala, D. E. (2025). Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet, 406(10500), 235-260. DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC3
  2024	Aryal, U. R., Bhandari, D., Bista, B., Shrestha, Y. M., Dhimal, M., & Gyanwali, P. (2024). Bayesian analysis on smoking prevalence and age of smoking initiation in Nepalese population: Findings from the STEPS national surveys. Population Medicine, 6(August), 23-1-23-6. DOI
  2024	Ryu, E. P., Gautam, Y., Proctor, D. M., Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Gupta, M., . . . Davenport, E. R. (2024). Nepali oral microbiomes reflect a gradient of lifestyles from traditional to industrialized.. Microbiome, 12(1), 228. DOI Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC2
  2024	Comfort, H., McHugh, T. A., Schumacher, A. E., Harris, A., May, E. A., Paulson, K. R., . . . Aujayeb, A. (2024). Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 404(10466), 1955-1988. DOI Scopus23 WoS20 Europe PMC18
  2024	Ryu, E. P., Gautam, Y., Proctor, D. M., Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Gupta, M., . . . Davenport, E. R. (2024). Correction to: Nepali oral microbiomes reflect a gradient of lifestyles from traditional to industrialized (Microbiome, (2024), 12, 1, (228), 10.1186/s40168-024-01941-7). Microbiome, 12(1), 1 page. DOI
  2024	Schumacher, A. E., Kyu, H. H., Aali, A., Abbafati, C., Abbas, J., Abbasgholizadeh, R., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2024). Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 1989-2056. DOI Scopus494 WoS307 Europe PMC416
  2024	Naghavi, M., Ong, K. L., Aali, A., Ababneh, H. S., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2024). Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2100-2132. DOI Scopus1233 WoS1097 Europe PMC1023
  2024	Ferrari, A. J., Santomauro, D. F., Aali, A., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., Abbastabar, H., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2024). Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2133-2161. DOI Scopus2075 WoS814 Europe PMC1781
  2024	Brauer, M., Roth, G. A., Aravkin, A. Y., Zheng, P., Abate, K. H., Abate, Y. H., . . . Aldridge, R. W. (2024). Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2162-2203. DOI Scopus1149 WoS1022 Europe PMC972
  2024	Vollset, S. E., Ababneh, H. S., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abbasian, M., . . . Alrawashdeh, A. (2024). Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2204-2256. DOI Scopus416 WoS360 Europe PMC357
  2024	Ciobanu, L. G., Baryshnikova, N. V., Jawahar, M. C., Toben, C. G., Sokolenko, E., Arnet, V. K., . . . Clark, S. R. (2024). Pre-COVID life expectancy, mortality, and burden of diseases for adults 70 years and older in Australia: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 47, 101092-1-101092-14. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
  2024	Bhandari, D., Robinson, E., Dhimal, M., Borda, A., Ebi, K. L., & Lokmic-Tomkins, Z. (2024). Maternal and child health climate change adaptation: a qualitative document analysis of South Asian National Adaptation Plans. Environmental Research Letters, 19(8), 12 pages. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2024	Bhandari, D., Bi, P., Craig, J. M., Robinson, E., Pollock, W., & Lokmic-Tomkins, Z. (2024). Mobilising and evaluating existing heat adaptation measures to protect maternal and child health. Lancet Planetary Health, 8(7), e424-e425. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
  2024	Bhandari, D., Bi, P., Sherchand, J. B., von Ehrenstein, O. S., Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Dhimal, M., & Hanson-Easey, S. (2024). Climate change and infectious disease surveillance in Nepal: qualitative study exploring social, cultural, political and institutional factors influencing disease surveillance. Journal of Public Health, 46(1), 30-40. DOI Scopus3 WoS4
  2023	Dhimal, M., & Bhandari, D. (2023). Climate change and imperatives to ascertain causes of infectious diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Global Health, 11(3), e308-e309. DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2
  2023	Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Bhandari, D., Bain, C., Borda, A., Kariotis, T. C., & Reser, D. (2023). Lessons Learned from Natural Disasters around Digital Health Technologies and Delivering Quality Healthcare. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5), 4542. DOI Scopus42 Europe PMC17
  2023	Wunrow, H. Y., Bender, R. G., Vongpradith, A., Novotney, A., Gray, A. P., Ikuta, K. S., . . . GBD 2019 Meningitis Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. (2023). Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis and its aetiologies, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Neurology, 22(8), 685-711. DOI Scopus87 WoS76 Europe PMC73
  2023	Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Bhandari, D., Watterson, J., Pollock, W. E., Cochrane, L., Robinson, E., & Su, T. T. (2023). Multilevel interventions as climate change adaptation response to protect maternal and child health: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 13(7), 6 pages. DOI Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC7
  2023	GBD 2019 Australia Collaborators. (2023). The burden and trend of diseases and their risk factors in Australia, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Public Health, 8(8), e585-e599. DOI Scopus55 WoS42 Europe PMC44
  2022	Denekew, T., Gautam, Y., Bhandari, D., Gautam, G. P., Sherchand, J. B., Pokharel, A. K., & Jha, A. (2022). Prevalence and determinants of hypertension in underrepresented indigenous populations of Nepal. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(2), e0000133-1-e0000133-18. DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC5
  2022	Dhimal, M., Bhandari, D., Karki, K. B., Shrestha, S. L., Khanal, M., Shrestha, R. R. P., . . . Groneberg, D. A. (2022). Effects of Climatic Factors on Diarrheal Diseases among Children below 5 Years of Age at National and Subnational Levels in Nepal: An Ecological Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 19(10), 12 pages. DOI Scopus25 WoS17 Europe PMC14
  2022	Mestrovic, T., Aguilar, G. R., Swetschinski, L. R., Ikuta, K. S., Gray, A. P., Weaver, N. D., . . . European Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. (2022). The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis. The Lancet Public Health, 7(11), E897-E913. DOI Scopus226 WoS215 Europe PMC182
  2022	Paudel, S. S., Sapkota, Y., Gyanwali, P., Dhimal, M., Ghimire, N., Pant, S., . . . Mandal, S. K. (2022). Revisiting the clinical trial history and regulatory mechanisms in Nepal in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 30, 6 pages. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
  2022	Ikuta, K. S., Swetschinski, L. R., Aguilar, G. R., Sharara, F., Mestrovoc, T., Gray, A. P., . . . GBD 2019 Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. (2022). Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 400(10369), 2221-2248. DOI Scopus1208 WoS1097 Europe PMC974
  2022	Reiner, R. C., Hay, S. I., Bhandari, D., & LBD Triple Burden Collaborators. (2022). The overlapping burden of the three leading causes of disability and death in sub-Saharan African children. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1-14. DOI Scopus15 Europe PMC11
  2021	Bhattacharjee, N. V., Schaeffer, L. E., Bhandari, D., Hay, S. I., Local Burden of Disease Exclusive Breastfeeding Collaborators., & Olagunju, A. (2021). Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2018. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(8), 1027-1045. DOI Scopus49 WoS47 Europe PMC37
  2021	Dhimal, M., Bhandari, D., Dhimal L., M., Kafle, N., Pyakurel, P., Mohatra, N., . . . Mueller, R. (2021). Impact of climate change on health and well-being of people in Hindu-Kush Himalayan region: a narrative review. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 651189-1-651189-13. DOI Scopus49 WoS31 Europe PMC17
  2021	Tandukar, S., Bhandari, D., Shrestha, R. G., Sherchan, S. P., & Aryal, A. (2021). Association between climatic and nonclimatic parameters and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Nepal. Environmental Disease, 6(2), 38-44. DOI
  2021	Galles, N. C., Liu, P. Y., Updike, R. L., Fullman, N., Ngugyen, J., Bhandari, D., . . . Ahmed, M. (2021). Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1. The Lancet, 398(10299), 503-521. DOI Scopus147 WoS121 Europe PMC122
  2021	GBD 2019 Under-5 Mortality Collaborators., Bhandari, D., Ciobanu, L., Gill, T., Lassi, Z., Tessema, G., . . . Ahmed, M. (2021). Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 398(10303), 870-905. DOI Scopus368 WoS298 Europe PMC279
  2021	Kinyoki, D., Osgood-Zimmerman, A. E., Bhattacharjee, N. V., Bhandari, D., Local Burden Of Disease Anemia Collaborators., Kassebaum, N. J., . . . Olagunju, A. (2021). Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018. Nature Medicine, 27(10), 1761-1782. DOI Scopus126 WoS108 Europe PMC105
  2020	Bhandari, D., Bi, P., Sherchand, J. B., Dhimal, M., & Hanson-Easey, S. (2020). Assessing the effect of climate factors on childhood diarrhoea burden in Kathmandu, Nepal. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 223(1), 199-206. DOI Scopus43 WoS35 Europe PMC19
  2020	Bhandari, D., Bi, P., Sherchand, J. B., Dhimal, M., & Hanson-Easey, S. (2020). Climate change and infectious disease research in Nepal: Are the available prerequisites supportive enough to researchers?. Acta Tropica, 204, 105337-1-105337-7. DOI Scopus9 WoS10 Europe PMC7
  2020	Amare, A., Bhandari, D., Gill, T., Hariyani, N., Noubiap Nzeale, J., & LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators. (2020). Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017. Nature Medicine, 26(5), 750-759. DOI Scopus63 WoS59 Europe PMC54
  2020	Reiner, R. C., Wiens, K. E., Deshpande, A., Baumann, M. M., Lindstedt, P. A., Blacker, B. F., . . . Bekele, Y. A. (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17: Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet, 395(10239), 1779-1801. DOI Scopus94 WoS88 Europe PMC81
  2020	Kinyoki, D., Ross, J., Lazzar-Atwood, A., Munro, S., Schaeffer, L., Abbasalizad-Farhangi, M., . . . Awasthi, A. (2020). Author Correction: Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017 (Nature Medicine, (2020), 26, 5, (750-759), 10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6). Nature Medicine, 26(8), 1308. DOI
  2020	Wiens, K. E., Lindstedt, P. A., Blacker, B. F., Johnson, K. B., Baumann, M. M., Schaeffer, L. E., . . . Bell, M. L. (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17. The Lancet Global Health, 8(8), e1038-e1060. DOI Scopus27 WoS25 Europe PMC31
  2020	Bhandari, D., Bi, P., Dhimal, M., Sherchand, J. B., & Hanson-Easey, S. (2020). Non-linear effect of temperature variation on childhood rotavirus infection: A time series study from Kathmandu, Nepal. Science of the Total Environment, 748, 141376-1-141376-8. DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC7
  2020	GBD 2019 Universal Health Coverage Collaborators., Bhandari, D., Ciobanu, L., Azzopardi, P., Baune, B., Lalloo, R., . . . Gill, T. (2020). Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396(10258), 1250-1284. DOI Scopus497 WoS405 Europe PMC386
  2020	GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators., Bhandari, D., Baune, B., Lalloo, R., Noubiap Nzeale,, J. J., Ciobanu, L., & Lassi, Z. (2020). Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396(10258), 1223-1249. DOI Scopus6719 WoS8312 Europe PMC4831
  2020	GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators., Baune, B., Bhandari, D., Ciobanu, L., Lalloo, R., Lassi, Z., & Noubiap Nzeale, J. (2020). Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396(10258), 1204-1222. DOI Scopus13357 WoS4917 Europe PMC10515
  2020	Wang, H., Abbas, K. M., Abbasifard, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abbastabar, H., Abd-Allah, F., . . . Noubiap Nzeale, J. (2020). Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396(10258), 1160-1203. DOI Scopus1491 WoS1192 Europe PMC1197
  2019	Tandukar, S., Sherchand, J. B., Karki, S., Malla, B., Ghaju Shrestha, R., Bhandari, D., . . . Haramoto, E. (2019). Co-infection by waterborne enteric viruses in children with gastroenteritis in Nepal. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 7(1), 1-13. DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC6
  2019	Malla, B., Ghaju Shrestha, R., Tandukar, S., Bhandari, D., Thakali, O., Sherchand, J. B., & Haramoto, E. (2019). Detection of Pathogenic Viruses, Pathogen Indicators, and Fecal-Source Markers within Tanker Water and Their Sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Pathogens, 8(3), 13 pages. DOI Scopus20 WoS19 Europe PMC9
  2019	Shrestha Ghaju, R., Tandukar, S., Sherchan, S. P., Bhandari, D., Tanaka, Y., Sherchand, J. B., & Haramoto, E. (2019). Prevalence of Arcobacter and other pathogenic bacteria in river water in Nepal. Water, 11(7), 1416-1-1416-9. DOI Scopus18 WoS14
  2019	Shrestha, D., Thapa, P., Bhandari, D., Bhattachan, B., Parajuli, H., Chaudary, P., . . . Shah, P. K. (2019). Detection of pyuria by microscopic urinalysis as a marker of pediatric urinary tract infection. Nepal Journal of Biotechnology, 7(1), 15-20. DOI
  2018	Jha, A. R., Davenport, E. R., Gautam, Y., Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Katharine, N., . . . Sonnenburg, J. (2018). Gut microbiome transition across a lifestyle gradient in Himalaya. PLoS Biology. DOI
  2018	Tandukar, S., Sherchand, J. B., Xue, J., Uprety, S., Sherchan, S. P., Bhandari, D., . . . Haramoto, E. (2018). Prevalence and associated risk factors of Giardia duodenalis infection among school-going children in Nepal. Parasitology Research, 117(1), 287-293. DOI Scopus13 WoS8 Europe PMC5
  2018	Love, M., Bhandari, D., Dobson, R. C. J., & Billington, C. (2018). Potential for bacteriophage endolysins to supplement or replace antibiotics in food production and clinical care. Antibiotics, 7(1), 1-25. DOI Scopus135 WoS123 Europe PMC83
  2018	Tandukar, S., Sherchand, J. B., Bhandari, D., Sherchan, S. P., Malla, B., Shrestha, R. G., & Haramoto, E. (2018). Presence of human enteric viruses, protozoa, and indicators of pathogens in the Bagmati River, Nepal. Pathogens, 7(2), 11 pages. DOI Scopus41 WoS33 Europe PMC12
  2018	Malla, B., Ghaju Shrestha, R., Tandukar, S., Bhandari, D., Inoue, D., Sei, K., . . . Haramoto, E. (2018). Validation of host-specific Bacteroidales quantitative PCR assays and their application to microbial source tracking of drinking water sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 125(2), 609-619. DOI Scopus39 WoS39 Europe PMC24
  2018	Shrestha, D., Thapa, P., Bhandari, D., Parajuli, H., Chaudhary, P., Thapa, K., . . . Shah, P. K. (2018). Biofilm production and antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens in pediatric cases: a hospital based study. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 16(2), 178-183. DOI Europe PMC2
  2018	INOUE＊, D., YOSHINAGA, H., MALLA, B., GHAJU SHRESTHA, R., TANDUKAR, S., BHANDARI, D., . . . SEI, K. (2018). Comprehensive Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria in Jar Water, Community Well Groundwater, and Environmental Water in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Japanese Journal of Water Treatment Biology, 54(2), 65-72. DOI
  2018	Ghaju Shrestha, R., Tanka, Y., Malla, B., Tandukar, S., Bhandari, D., Inoue, D., . . . Haramoto, E. (2018). Development of a Quantitative PCR Assay for Arcobacter spp. and its Application to Environmental Water Samples.. Microbes and Environments, 33(3), 309-316. DOI Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC10
  2018	Sherchand, J. B., Thakali, O., Sherchan, J. B., Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Paudel, K. P., . . . Rai, G. K. (2018). Hospital based surveillance and molecular characterization of rotavirus in children less than 5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis in Nepal. Vaccine, 36(51), 7841-7845. DOI Scopus9 WoS7 Europe PMC3
  2018	Jha, A. R., Davenport, E. R., Gautam, Y., Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Ng, K. M., . . . Sonnenburg, J. L. (2018). Gut microbiome transition across a lifestyle gradient in Himalaya. PLoS Biology, 16(11), e2005396-1-e2005396-30. DOI Scopus139 WoS125 Europe PMC122
  2018	Malla, B., Shrestha Ghaju, R., Tandukar, S., Bhandari, D., Inoue, D., Sei, K., . . . Haramoto, E. (2018). Identification of Human and Animal Fecal Contamination in Drinking Water Sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Using Host-Associated Bacteroidales Quantitative PCR Assays. Water, 10(12), 16 pages. DOI Scopus35 WoS29
  2017	Thapa, P., Bhandari, D., Shrestha, D., Parajuli, H., Chaudhary, P., Amatya, J., & Amatya, R. (2017). A hospital based surveillance of metallo-beta-lactamase producing gram negative bacteria in Nepal by imipenem-EDTA disk method. BMC Research Notes, 10(1), 322. DOI Scopus20 Europe PMC16
  2017	Ghaju Shrestha, R., Tanaka, Y., Malla, B., Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Inoue, D., . . . Haramoto, E. (2017). Next-generation sequencing identification of pathogenic bacterial genes and their relationship with fecal indicator bacteria in different water sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Science of the Total Environment, 601-602, 278-284. DOI Scopus50 WoS35 Europe PMC27
  2016	Ghimire, A., Bhandari, S., Tandukar, S., Amatya, J., Bhandari, D., & Sherchand, J. B. (2016). Enteric parasitic infection among HIV-infected patients visiting Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal. BMC Research Notes, 9(1), 5 pages. DOI Scopus12 Europe PMC6
  2016	Chaudhary, P., Bhandari, D., Thapa, K., Thapa, P., Shrestha, D., Chaudhary, H., . . . Gupta, B. (2016). Prevalence of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolated From Urinary Tract Infected Patients. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 14(33), 111-115. Scopus9 Europe PMC4
  2016	Suwal, S., Bhandari, D., Thapa, P., Shrestha, M. K., & Amatya, J. (2016). Microbiological profile of corneal ulcer cases diagnosed in a tertiary care ophthalmological institute in Nepal. BMC Ophthalmology, 16(1), 6 pages. DOI Scopus27 WoS28 Europe PMC19
  2016	Bhandari, D., Thapa, P., Thapa, K., Tandukar, S., & Sherchan, J. B. (2016). Antibiotic resistance: evolution and alternatives. Canadian Journal of Infection Control, 31(3), 149-155.
  2016	Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Haramoto, E., & Sherchan, J. B. (2016). Determination of fecal indicator bacteria in shallow and deep groundwater sources of Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Naresuan University Engineering Journal, 11(1 Suppl.), 1-4. DOI
  2016	Chaudhary, A., Bhandari, D., Amatya, J., Chaudhary, P., & Acharya, B. (2016). Metallo-Beta-Lactamase producing gram-negative bacteria among patients visiting Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre. Austin Journal of Microbiology, 2(1), 5 pages.
  2016	Pokharel, N., Bhandari, D., & Bharat, J. (2016). Pattern of hepatitis B and C infections among patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Institue of Medicine, 38(2), 93-98.
  2015	Tandukar, S., Sherchand, J. B., Thapa, P., Malla, D., Bhandari, D., Ghaju, R., & Sherchand, J. B. (2015). Intestinal Parasite Infection among School Going Children in Kathmandu Valley. Austin Journal of Pediatrics, 2(2).
  2015	Malla, B., Ghaju, R., Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Shrestha, S., Yosingha, H., . . . Haramoto, E. (2015). Detection of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, fecal indicator bacteria, and total bacteria in commercial jar water in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Journal of the Institute of Medicine, 37(2), 10-15.
  2015	Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Sherchand, S., Thapa, P., & Shah, P. (2015). Cryptosporidium infection among the school children of Kathmandu Valley. Journal of Institute of Medicine, 37(1), 82-87.
  2015	Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Parajuli, H., Thapa, P., Chaudhary, P., Shrestha, D., . . . Sherchand, J. B. (2015). Cyclospora infection among school children in Kathmandu, Nepal: Prevalence and associated risk factors. Tropical Medicine and Health, 43(4), 211-216. DOI Scopus24 Europe PMC14
  -	Haramoto, E. (2019). Comparison of Pathogenic Bacteria in Water and Fecal-Source Samples in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Using High-Throughput DNA Microarray. Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 17(5). DOI

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2023	Dhimal, M., Bhandari, D., & Lamichhane Dhimal, M. (2023). Climate Change and Human Health: Vulnerability, Impact and Adaptation in Hindu Kush Himalayan Region. In Global Perspectives on Health Geography (pp. 159-169). Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI
  2023	Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Davies, S., Bhandari, D., Robinson, E., Manser, R., Dunne, B., & von Gerich, H. (2023). Interconnectedness of digital health, climate change and respiratory care: navigating an environmentally sustainable path forward. In Digital Respiratory Healthcare (Vol. 2023, pp. 142-159). European Respiratory Society. DOI Scopus2

• Preprint

  Year	Citation
  2024	Ryu, E. P., Gautam, Y., Proctor, D. M., Bhandari, D., Tandukar, S., Gupta, M., . . . Davenport, E. R. (2024). Nepali oral microbiomes reflect a gradient of lifestyles from traditional to industrialized.. DOI

Feb 2025–Jul 2025: NUR5703 - Pathophysiology for advanced clinical nursing - S1 2025, 

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Australia 

Aug 2022–Nov 2022: PUB HLTH 7090 - Global Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences,
School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Australia

February 2019- July 2019: Research Placement Course, Medical School, HLTH SC 3007 - 3013

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Apr 2014–Sep 2017: MB602- Public Health Microbiology & MB552- Applied Environmental Microbiology, 

Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2019 - ongoing	Member	Global Burden of Disease Collaborator Network	United States
  2019 - ongoing	Member	International Society for Environmental Epidemiology	United States
  2018 - ongoing	Member	Public Health Association Australia	Nepal
  2015 - ongoing	Member	European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases	Switzerland
  2015 - ongoing	Member	American Society of Microbiology	United States

• Presentation

  Date	Topic	Presented at	Institution	Country
  2023 - 2023	Climate Change and childhood diarrhea in Kathmandu Nepal: implications to strengthen infectious diseases surveillance systems	14th International Conference of the Nepalese Students Association (Invited Speaker)	New Mexico State University (Virtual)	United States
  2021 - 2021	Climate change and child health	Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles (Guest Lecturer)	Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles (Virtual)	United States
  2020 - 2020	Infectious diseases surveillance in the context of climate change: assessment of public health surveillance capacity in Nepal	The 2020 annual conference of The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.	University of Washington (Virtual)	United States
  2019 - 2019	Modeling the effect of climate variability on childhood diarrhea in Kathmandu, Nepal	The 2019 annual conference of The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.	University of Utrecth	Netherlands
  2019 - 2019	Impact of Meteorological Factors on Rotavirus Infection among Children below 5 Years of Age in Kathmandu, Nepal.	The 2019 annual conference of The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.	University of Utrecth	Netherlands

• Email: dinesh.bhandari@adelaide.edu.au