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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.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2023 - 2025 Visiting Fellow University of Adelaide 2022 - 2025 Research Fellow Monash University 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
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Journals
Year Citation 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.
Scopus26 Europe PMC192024 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.
Scopus26 Europe PMC162024 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.
Scopus20 Europe PMC122024 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.
Scopus8 Europe PMC32024 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.
Scopus5 Europe PMC12024 Ciobanu, L. G., Baryshnikova, N. V., Jawahar, M. C., Toben, C. G., Sokolenko, E., Arnet, V. K., . . . Woodward, M. (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.
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. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8(7), e424-e425.
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.. bioRxiv.
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.
Scopus32023 Dhimal, M., & Bhandari, D. (2023). Climate change and imperatives to ascertain causes of infectious diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Global Health, 11(3), e308-e309.
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.
Scopus10 Europe PMC42023 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.
Scopus25 WoS5 Europe PMC112023 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.
Europe PMC12023 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.
Scopus14 WoS2 Europe PMC72022 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.
Scopus2 Europe PMC12022 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.
Scopus12 WoS6 Europe PMC42022 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.
Scopus112 WoS74 Europe PMC662022 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.
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.
Scopus477 WoS232 Europe PMC2972022 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.
Scopus6 Europe PMC32021 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.
Scopus30 WoS16 Europe PMC182021 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.
Scopus27 WoS13 Europe PMC42021 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.
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.
Scopus98 WoS54 Europe PMC792021 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.
Scopus247 WoS152 Europe PMC1492021 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.
Scopus66 WoS38 Europe PMC492020 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.
Scopus34 WoS25 Europe PMC162020 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.
Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC12020 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.
Scopus50 WoS43 Europe PMC322020 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. The Lancet, 395(10239), 1779-1801.
Scopus69 WoS52 Europe PMC542020 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.
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.
Scopus23 WoS16 Europe PMC232020 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.
Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC52020 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.
Scopus354 WoS244 Europe PMC2302020 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.
Scopus4411 WoS3510 Europe PMC23042020 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.
Scopus8559 WoS2780 Europe PMC49842020 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.
Scopus996 WoS454 Europe PMC6192019 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.
Scopus10 WoS6 Europe PMC52019 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.
Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC72019 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.
Scopus16 WoS122019 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.
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.
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.
Scopus11 WoS7 Europe PMC42018 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.
Scopus118 WoS101 Europe PMC602018 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.
Scopus36 WoS28 Europe PMC92018 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.
Scopus33 WoS28 Europe PMC182018 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.
Europe PMC12018 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.
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.
Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC82018 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.
Scopus8 WoS4 Europe PMC32018 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.
Scopus111 WoS84 Europe PMC772018 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.
Scopus26 WoS192017 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.
Scopus18 Europe PMC122017 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.
Scopus45 WoS27 Europe PMC172016 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.
Scopus11 Europe PMC52016 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.
Scopus8 Europe PMC42016 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.
Scopus21 WoS21 Europe PMC162016 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.
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.
Scopus22 Europe PMC11- Bhandari, D., Robinson, E., Dhimal, M., Borda, A., Ebi, K. L., & Lokmic-Tomkins, Z. (n.d.). Maternal and child health climate change adaptation: A qualitative document analysis of South Asian National Adaptation Plans. Environmental Research Letters.
- Haramoto, E. (n.d.). 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).
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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 Climate Change and Human Health Scenarios (pp. 159-169). Springer Nature Switzerland.
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.
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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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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
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