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Public health, Health policy, Health systems, Injury prevention

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Dr. Soumyadeep Bhaumik is a medical doctor and international public health research methodologist striving to harness the power of science to drive just transformation for healthier individuals, communities, and nations. As the Head of the Meta-research and Evidence Synthesis Unit at the George Institute for Global Health, he oversees an agile global team of researchers, specializing in using fit-for-purpose approaches for synthesizing...view more

Dr. Soumyadeep Bhaumik is a medical doctor and international public health research methodologist striving to harness the power of science to drive just transformation for healthier individuals, communities, and nations. As the Head of the Meta-research and Evidence Synthesis Unit at the George Institute for Global Health, he oversees an agile global team of researchers, specializing in using fit-for-purpose approaches for synthesizing evidence to inform policies, practices, and guidelines. He is recognized internationally for  his work on evidence synthesis, particularly research priority setting and core outcome sets – both its conduct and methodological aspects. He also works on the moral and epistemological aspects of meta-research in health and medicine with the intent to transform the evidence ecosystem from justice-blind to pro-justice. Soumyadeep also conducts interpretive policy analysis to understand the societal construction and framing of public health problems. As a methodologist, he works in a disease-agnostic manner, although recent work focuses on snakebite.

Soumyadeep’ s work has impacted the way research is conducted –through the Cochrane Handbook Chapter, which provides guidance on framing the scope of systematic reviews, development of reporting guidelines for research, and through methodological research. His work routinely influences guidelines, and policies of governments and multi-laterals. They have consistently been listed as one of the top 2% lifetime cited researchers (Stanford University analysis in General & Internal Medicine and Public Health field) since 2021.


My Grants

  1. Priority setting exercises as a pro-justice, pro-fairness tool in the climate and health knowledge ecosystem: development of a conceptual framework. World Health Organisation -Geneva [active]
  2. Air pollution and cancer, Union for International Cancer Control[active]
  3. Environmental risks and occupational health hazards of bidi workers and their communities in India, World Health Organisation -India 
  4. Impact of climate change on drowning and its risk in India , Royal National Lifeboat Institute, UK
  5. Implications for COVID-19 on snakebite care in India. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Small Grant Award
  6. E-cigarette advertising, promotion, and sponsorship on people’s attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, intentions, and behaviours, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
  7. Digital marketing for breast milk substitutes: systematic scoping review, World Health Organization, Geneva 
  8. Improving recovery outcomes for burns survivors in India: a systems approach, Indian Council of Medical Research
  9. Evidence maps for identifying research gaps: Leptospirosis in India, Indian Council of Medical Research
  10. Fatal and non-fatal drowning events in Sundarbans in West Bengal, India and Stakeholder analysis [for drowning] in West Bengal state. Royal National Lifeboat Institute, UK  
  11. Syntheses of evidence for a technical package on falls prevention and management. WHO Geneva

My Qualifications

  • PhD Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • Master of Science in International Public Health with Merit, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom 
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), Bankura Sammilani Medical College, West Bengal University of Health Sciences, India

My Awards

  1. Dean’s Award for Outstanding Thesis (UNSW), 2023- The Dean’s Award recognises high quality PhD theses produced at UNSW. The award goes to PhD graduates who have submitted a thesis that requires only minimal corrections, received outstanding and/or excellent levels of achievement for all examination criteria, and, in the opinion of both examiners, is in the top 10% of PhD theses examined.
  2. Valuable Treasures Award (Emphasis on Impact), 2022. The George Institute for Global Health, India.
  3. John Chalmers Doctoral Award 2021. The George Institute for Global Health, Australia in recognition of outstanding dedication to research on snakebite.
  4. University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA) at UNSW (University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia) covers the full cost of tuition fees, stipend, and ancillary costs for PhD. 2019-2023.
  5. Health Information for All, UK – Special Commendation for the Year Award.2017 for continuous and dedicated efforts in advocating Healthcare Information for All through various channels in their respective countries
  6. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Scholarship Award 2015 by the LSTM Fellowships and Scholarships Committee as partial waiver of tuition fees for master’s course.
  7. Health Information for All, UK Awarded the Country Representative Of The Year Award,2016 for contribution towards health advocacy towards a vision of the world where people are no longer dying for lack of knowledge.
  8. Indian Council of Medical Research Short Term Studentship Award,2008 for the research project titled “Study of Hospital Acquired Infections in Medicine and Surgery Wards of B.S. Medical College, Bankura, India

My Research Supervision


Areas of supervision

 I am a methodologist and work in a disease agnostic manner. I am available to supervise HDR students but topics should align with any of the following areas of interest

  1. Health policy analysis  
  2. Snakebite
  3. Climate change and health
  4. Conducting research priority setting on any topic
  5. Methodological or meta-research on research priority setting
  6. Developing core outcome set fof clinical trials 
  7. Methodological or meta-research on core outcome sets for clinical trials and systematic reviews 
  8. Justice in health systems and knowledge ecosystem



My Teaching

Design and development of learning activities and assessment.

  1. Designed, developed, and delivered learning materials and interactive activities on Systematic review of randomised controlled trial course module for Quantitative Health Research Training Program, for Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China organised by the George Institute for Global Health. The Training Program involves training of 120 people from clinical background in quantitative research methods.

  2. Designed and developed a new course proposal of Global Health Systems (PHCM3005) for bachelor’s in international public health (BIPH) program of UNSW in 2023

  3. Developed case study related to policy and advocacy priorities for injury prevention for UNSW PHCM9792 – Injury Epidemiology, Prevention and Control in 2023 to align with the course learning outcomes. It is a master’s level course.

  4. Developed two case studies related on policy analysis for UNSW PHCM9381 Policy Studies course in alignment with the course learning outcome. It is a master’s level course. The scenario-based learning helped bridge the gap between the lecturers and assignment to align with the course learning outcomes – which was a key gap identified by the Course co-ordinator previously.

  5. Designed the online learning module “Introduction to Evidence Synthesis “for the digital course on Fundamentals of Research Methods (FoRM) for diverse early career staff learners in George Institute for Global Health.

  6. Marking in UNSW in 2023 for master’s Level Course work for PHCM9012-Health Promotion & Social Perspectives of Health, and PHCM9381 Policy Studies

Teaching and supporting student learning.

  1. Tutorials for UNSW PHCM9792 – Injury Epidemiology, Prevention and Control in 2023 on Policy and Advocacy, Work-related and agricultural injury
  2. Guest Lecturer for UNSW PHCM9784 Communicable Disease Control in Global Health in 2023
  3. Intern placements: Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, An Institution of National Importance, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India - Vanshika Gupta, MPH Student (May-June 2020); Ilham Zaidi, MPH Student (May-June 2020) ; ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Government of India  - Privanka Verma, MPH Student (December 2019-January 2020) , Shubankar Dubey, MPH Student (December 2019-January 2020)
  4. Co-Supervisor for master’s thesis of Sucharita Panigrahi for her MPH theses, “Facilitators and barriers for bicycle helmet use: qualitative evidence synthesis” from ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Government of India (February-September 2020)

Disciplinary expertise and professional development

  1. Faculty on Evidence Synthesis for Health Policy and Systems Research for India Health Policy & Systems Research Fellowships, Health Systems Transformation Platform, India – since 2022
  2. Clinical Medical Education Program (C-MED), 10 module online non-credit course. University of New South Wales. 2023
  3. Collaborative Learning. Portfolio of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education and Student Experience. UNSW. February 2023
  4. Designing, implementing, and supporting online learning. Portfolio of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education and Student Experience. UNSW. February 2023

Educational leadership

  • Member, Academic Quality Improvement Committee, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2015-2016. The committee reviewed all new courses, or their revisions for adherence to quality parameters and pedagogical approach

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