Researcher

Dr Soumyadeep Bhaumik

Keywords

health policy

snake bites

evidence based medicine

Fields of Research (FoR)

Public health, Health policy, Health systems, Injury prevention

SEO tags

Health Policy Evaluation

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified

Biography

Soumyadeep, trained as a medical doctor and international public health specialist is the Head, Meta-research and Evidence Synthesis Unit at the George Institute for Global Health. His work often informs policies, guideline, and strategies of multinational organisations, public agencies, and contributes to public discourse. As a methodologist, he specialises in evidence synthesis and its applications(clinical practice guidelines, core outcome...view more

Soumyadeep, trained as a medical doctor and international public health specialist is the Head, Meta-research and Evidence Synthesis Unit at the George Institute for Global Health. His work often informs policies, guideline, and strategies of multinational organisations, public agencies, and contributes to public discourse. As a methodologist, he specialises in evidence synthesis and its applications(clinical practice guidelines, core outcome sets, research priority setting), meta-research (research on research), health policy analysis, qualitative research and community based surveys. He works in a disease agnostic manner, but current work has concentration on snakebite, COVID-19 (health systems), and drowning . He is also interested in justice and equity in the global knowledge ecosystem.

In numbers:

~100 publications
h-index :32, i10-index: 63 (Google Scholar); h-index -25 (Sci-Val) Field Weighted Citation Impact: 12.47(Scopus). Listed in the top 2% of researchers cited on a year-on-year basis (General & Internal Medicine field) since 2019, and the top 2 % of lifetime cited researcher since 2021 by a Stanford University Analysis
>20 direct guideline and policy usage/ change; >40 media interactions.

Soumyadeep is currently the Academic Editor, PloS Neglected Tropical Disease , Associate Editor, Evidence Syntheses, BMJ Global Health and an Editorial Board Member of the Injury Prevention. Currently he is also serving in the steering commitee for external studies:

Research Priority Setting for Model Rural Health Research Units of Department of Health Research, Government of India, 2023-2024
Establishing a multi-site collaborative team to identify Research priorities in the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Young People (15-24) from Refugee and Migrant Backgrounds in Australia. Robinson Research Institute , Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Australia (2023-2025)

My Grants

Environmental risks and occupational health hazards of bidi workers and their communities in India, World Health Organisation -India
How can purchasing arrangements contribute to improved quality of personal health services for non-communicable diseases and other chronic illnesses? World Health Organisation
E-cigarette advertising, promotion, and sponsorship on people’s attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, intentions, and behaviours,National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
Digital marketing for breast milk substitutes: systematic scoping review, World Health Organization, Geneva
Improving recovery outcomes for burns survivors in India: a systems approach, Indian Council of Medical Research
Evidence maps for identifying research gaps: Leptospirosis in India, Indian Council of Medical Research
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
Cluster randomized trial on child restraints: is this feasible in the South African context? Oxford University Internal Global Challenges Research Fund, Higher Education Funding Council for England
Synthesis of evidence to inform interventions and policy formulation, addressing burden of unintentional injuries among older people in Western Pacific Region, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office
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

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.
Valuable Treasures Award (Emphasis on Impact), 2022. The George Institute for Global Health, India.
John Chalmers Doctoral Award 2021. The George Institute for Global Health, Australia in recognition of outstanding dedication to research on snakebite.
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.
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
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.
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.
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