Dinesh Bhandari

Research Interests

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

Mr Dinesh Bhandari

School of Public Health

College of Health

Dr Dinesh Bhandari is a public health professional with over 12 years of experience as a researcher and practitioner. He has worked across the private and public sectors, including the Ministry of Health, with the majority of his career focused on academia. He has authored over 72 peer-reviewed journal articles, three book chapters, and numerous policy briefs and government reports. His multidisciplinary research and consultancy work focus on environmental health, infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance, policy development and analysis, organisational strategy, and advocacy.
Dr Bhandari has particular expertise in global environmental health and infectious disease. His research examines health risks associated with climate change, identifies environmental determinants of climate-sensitive diseases, and explores sustainable adaptation strategies to protect human health from its impacts. His work on climate change and infectious diseases in 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 informed the World Health Organisation's adaptation strategies against climate-sensitive diarrheal diseases.
To understand the environmental, biological, and social determinants of human health and develop appropriate interventions, he employs statistical, qualitative, and molecular research techniques.

During his PhD, Dr Bhandari estimated the association between climate change and childhood diarrhea in Kathmandu, Nepal; with an aim to facilitate the integration of climate change-related risk in infectious disease surveillance systems. His 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.

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

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

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

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

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2025 Lamichhane Dhimal, M., Bhandari, D., Ghimire, S., Dahal Khatri, B., Shrestha, R., Sapkota, A., . . . Dhimal, M. (2025). Building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in Nepal: Insights from a policy document review and qualitative interviews with key stakeholders. Public Health, 249, 8 pages.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2020 Reiner, R. C., Wiens, K. E., Deshpande, A., Baumann, M. M., Adema, B. D., Yirsaw, B. D., . . . Hay, S. I. (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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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- 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).
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Year Citation
2025 Dhimal, M. L., Khatri, B. D., Ghimire, S., Sapkota, B. P., Mordecai, E. A., Dhimal, M., & Bhandari, D. (2025). Building a Climate Resilient and Low Carbon Health System in Nepal. In Climate Change Management (Vol. Part F1095, pp. 149-166). Springer Nature Switzerland.
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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.
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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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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..
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2025 Grant

Maternal and Child Health Climate Resilience in Indo-Pacific Region (CI)

https://research.monash.edu/en/projects/maternal-and-child-health-climate-resilience-in-indo-pacific-regi

 Monash University Australia 75,000 AUD
2022 Grant

Health Policy and Systems Research Responding to Climate Change: Lesson from Nepal (Co-PI)

https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/25-05-2022-health-policy-and-systems-research-studies-to-tackle-the-climate-crisis

 World Health Organization Geneva 60,000 USD
2020 Travel Grant ISEE Travel grant 2020 (Virtual) The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology USA Conference registration waiver and ISEE annual membership renewal
2019 Travel Grant ISEE Travel grant 2019 The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology USA 1500 Euros
2019 Travel Grant Walter and Dorothy Duncan Trust travel grant 2019 Walter and Dorothy Duncan Trust Australia 1000 AUD

 

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

 

 

 

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

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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