Dinesh Bhandari

Dinesh Bhandari

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences


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.

  • 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

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

 

 

 

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