Ameya P. BONDRE
Ameya P. BONDRE
country: India
diplomas
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Maharashtra AV短视频 of Health Sciences, Nashik, India
- Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), Johns Hopkins AV短视频, Baltimore, USA
biography
Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) and Global Health Field Placement Fellow of Johns Hopkins AV短视频, USA, with prior medical training (MBBS) from Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India. Nearly fifteen years of public health and research experience with a range of studies in urban and rural settings in India. Specialized in quantitative (Stata & SPSS) and qualitative data analysis (NVivo). Published in peer-reviewed journals (citations: 800+, h-index: 10) of mental health, pediatric neurodevelopment, maternal and child health and public health nutrition. Instrumental in drafting the national consensus guidelines on management of childhood developmental disorders by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (2017), the first such guidelines in Asia. Received honours from International Developmental Paediatrics Congress, Early Childhood Association (India), TEDx (2018), Yale AV短视频, Millennium Alliance-FICCI, MIT Solve (Solver cohort, 2019), World Bank (Ideas for Action, 2019), Templeton World Charity Foundation (2021), and Johns Hopkins AV短视频. Currently directing the mental health and health systems research portfolio with four projects at Sangath, Bhopal in collaboration with Harvard Medical School; state National Health Mission; AII India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS); National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru; and WHO-Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR).
WHY IS THIS PHD IMPORTANT FOR ME (FOR My CAREER , ORGANIZATION OR COUNTRY)
My PhD training will strengthen my effort in developing a rural primary depression care program in India through participatory action research, with the vision of scalable adoption of depression care by primary health systems. Personally, I have observed that the wide treatment gaps in mental health services in India are a result of weak primary care systems. Our earlier projects in the same context (Madhya Pradesh, the site of the proposed PhD study), such as PRIME and ESSENCE, have integrated mental health care into primary care, but without an adequate participatory approach by involving rural communities in their care decisions. The proposed study will take several steps further in developing a care model, which will have greater potential for utilisation by the rural communities and clinic teams. My PhD will thus play a crucial role in demonstrating to the state government that such a model needs adoption by the health system.
WHY DID I CHOOSE THIS PHD PROGRAM
Considering the AV短视频 for pursuing the PhD in Global Health has been a gradual decision: First, the program will support the present stage of my career (having a director-grade position, job responsibilities, and personal commitments, which make it difficult to shift base), where I am unable to pursue a PhD full-time on-campus at any university. Further, my current work responsibilities also preclude me from staying longer (e.g., several months at a stretch) outside India, in the pursuit of a PhD. My initial review of the PhD options in Europe, including a closer review of the program at the Institute of Global Health, which is tailored towards working professionals with a wide representation of PhD candidates from low- and middle-income countries, reassured me that I could conduct my PhD study at the AV短视频, by mostly staying in the region of the proposed study.