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Dr. Ambarish Dutta MBBS, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor

 
Ambarish Dutta after obtaining his bachelor's degree in medicine from Calcutta National Medical College, started his career in public health in Urban Leprosy Control Programme in Calcutta, India. He then moved to the World Health Organization, India officeas a medical consultant for Revised National Tuberculosis Control Pogramme. He provided technical assistanceto the health departments of various state governments as wells as central governments and engaged with various national and state-level TB training and research institutes of the country for almost a decade.After that he re-entered academia to study Masters of Public Health atthe University of Leeds. Hethenattained a PhD degreein the domain of epidemiology and public health from the University of Exeter - his doctoral thesis focusing on epidemiological studies of factors underlying ageing and age-related chronic diseases. He is currently engaged as an Associate Professor - epidemiology inthe Indian Institute of Public Health, Bhubaneswar, an institution of Public Health Foundation of India. He extensively analyses secondary and primary data of various health projects and programmes at the state and national levels to inform policy. He also leads implementation research projects in TB and malaria control. His other research interest includesepidemiological study of the predictors of age-related diseases. He also teaches epidemiology and biostatistics to the post-graduate public health students and guides PhD scholars.
 
MBBS Calcutta National Medical College, Calcutta University, India
MPHLeeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
PhD(Epidemiology and Public Health), University of Exeter and Plymouth, UK

Contact Address:

Dr. Ambarish Dutta
Associate Professor
Global Institute of Public Health, Ananthapuri Hospitals,
Trivandrum 695 024, Kerala, India
Tel: +91 - 471 - 257 99 00
Fax: +91 - 471 - 250 69 69
Mob: +91- 9830 094 635
Email:ambarish.dutta@iiphb.org, amdutta@gmail.com

 

Core Areas

Ageing and non-communicable diseases, Tuberculosis, malaria and other infectious diseases, Health systems, Epidemiological methods

 

Current Profile

Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Public Health, Bhubaneswar, an institute of Public Health Foundation of India

Core Expertise

  •  Designing and conducting epidemiological research, assessment and evaluation studies
  •  Statistical analysis of epidemiological data using statistical packages R and STATA proficiently; especially large national survey datasets, programmatic time-series data and panel data with repeat measures.
  •  Implementing public health projects and conducting operational research into control strategies
  •  Preparing proposals for research as well as implementation projects to funding agencies and writing their summative technical reports
  •  Writing scientific manuscripts for publication in reputed peer-reviewed journals
  •  Teaching epidemiology and biostatistics to MPH and diploma students.
  •  Facilitation in forging collaborations for public health projects with policy makers, public sector implementers, international agencies, non-governmental organizations and corporate entities

Publications

 

  •  Dutta, A., Bhattacharya, S., Ak, K., Pati, S., Swain, S., & Nanda, L. (2019). At which temperature do the deleterious effects of ambient heat “kick-in” to affect all-cause mortality? An exploration of this threshold from an eastern Indian city. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2019.1587389
  •  Pradhan, S., Pradhan, M. M., Dutta, A., Shah, N. K., Joshi, P. L., Pradhan, K., … Anvikar, A. R. (2019). Improved access to early diagnosis and complete treatment of malaria in Odisha, India. PLOS ONE, 14(1), e0208943. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208943
  •  Dutta A, Kavitha AK, Samal S, Panigrahi P, Swain S, Nanda L, et al. Independent urban effect on hypertension of older Indians: identification of a knowledge gap from a Study on Global AGEing and Health. J Am Soc Hypertens [Internet]. 2018 Sep 19; Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30377047
  •  Dutta, A., Pattanaik, S., Choudhury, R., Nanda, P., Sahu, S., Panigrahi, R., … Stevens, R. H. (2018). Impact of involvement of non-formal health providers on TB case notification among migrant slum-dwelling populations in Odisha, India. PloS One, 13(5), e0196067. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196067
  •  Tanaka, T., Dutta, A., Pilling, L. C., Xue, L., Lunetta, K. L., Murabito, J. M., … Ferrucci, L. (2016). Genome-wide Association Study of Parental Life Span. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. http://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glw206
  •  Atkins, J. L., Pilling, L. C., Ble, A., Dutta, A., Harries, L. W., Murray, A., … Melzer, D. (2016). Longer-Lived Parents and Cardiovascular Outcomes. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 68(8), 874–875. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.05.072
  •  Satpathy, R., Nanda, P., Nanda, N. C., Bal, H. B., Mohanty, R., Mishra, A., Swain, T., Pradhan, K.C., Panigrahi, K., Dutta, A., Misra, P.R., Parida, S., Panigrahi, P. (2016). Challenges in Implementation of the ANISA Protocol at the Odisha Site in India. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 35(5 Suppl 1), S74–8. http://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001112
  •  Pradhan A, Anasuya A, Pradhan MM, AK K, Kar P, Sahoo KC, Panigrahi P, Dutta A. Trends in Malaria in Odisha, India—An Analysis of the 2003–2013 Time-Series Data from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program. Plos One. 2016;11(2):e0149126.
  •  Samal S, Panigrahi P, Dutta A. Social epidemiology of excess weight and central adiposity in older Indians: analysis of Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). BMJ Open. 2015;5(11):e008608.
  •  Dutta A, Henley W, Robine J-M, et al. Aging children of long-lived parents experience slower cognitive decline. Alzheimers Dement. 2014;10(5 Suppl):S315-S322. doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2013.07.002.
  •  Dutta A, Henley W, Robine J, Langa KM, Wallace RB, Melzer D. Longer Lived Parents: Protective Associations With Cancer Incidence and Overall Mortality. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2013:1-10. doi:10.1093/gerona/glt061.
  •  Dutta A, Henley W, Pilling LC, Wallace RB, Melzer D. Uric acid measurement improves prediction of cardiovascular mortality in later life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013;61(3):319-326. doi:10.1111/jgs.12149.
  •  Dutta A, Henley W, Lang I, et al. Predictors of extraordinary survival in the Iowa established populations for epidemiologic study of the elderly: cohort follow-up to “extinction”. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(6):963-971. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03451.x.
  •  Dutta A, Henley W, Lang IA, et al. The coronary artery disease-associated 9p21 variant and later life 20-year survival to cohort extinction. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2011;4(5):542-548. doi:10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.111.960146.
  •  Dutta A, Wallace RB, Melzer D. Response letter to shil and colleagues. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013;61(12):2268. doi:10.1111/jgs.12557.
  •  Antoniou EE, Dutta A, Langa KM, Melzer D, Llewellyn D. Personality profile of the children of long-lived parents. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2013;68(5):730-738. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbt003.
  •  Patel DK, Purohit P, Dehury S, Das P, Dutta A, Meher S, et al. Fetal hemoglobin and alpha thalassemia modulate the phenotypic expression of HbSD-Punjab. Int J Lab Hematol. 2014;36(4):444-450. doi:10.1111/ijlh.12165.
  •  Simanek AM, Dowd JB, Pawelec G, Melzer D, Dutta A, Aiello AE. Seropositivity to cytomegalovirus, inflammation, all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related mortality in the United States. PLoS One. 2011;6(2):e16103. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016103.
  •  Wills M, Akbar A, Beswick M, Bosch JA, Cauruso C, Colonna-Romano GC, Dutta A, et al. Report from the second cytomegalovirus and immunosenescence workshop. Immun Ageing. 2011;8(1):10. doi:10.1186/1742-4933-8-10.
  •  Harries LW, Hernandez D, Henley W, Wood AR, Holly AC, Bradley-Smith RM, Dutta A, et al. Human aging is characterized by focused changes in gene expression and deregulation of alternative splicing. Aging Cell. 2011;10(5):868-878. doi:10.1111/j.1474-9726.2011.00726.x.
  •  Das, P., Baker, K. K., Dutta, A., Swain, T., Sahoo, S., Das, B. S., … Torondel, B. (2015). Menstrual Hygiene Practices, WASH Access and the Risk of Urogenital Infection in Women from Odisha, India. PLOS ONE, 10(6), e0130777. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130777
  •  Padhi, B. K., Baker, K. K., Dutta, A., Cumming, O., Freeman, M. C., Satpathy, R., … Panigrahi, P. (2015). Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes among Women Practicing Poor Sanitation in Rural India: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study. PLOS Medicine, 12(7), e1001851. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001851
  •  Swain R, Panigrahi P, Som M, Dutta A, Sahoo KC. Sustainability of performance based incentivized community health worker’s model in high priority districts of Odisha, India. Int J Sci Res. 2016; 842–846.
  •  Baker KK, Padhi B, Torondel B, Das P, Dutta A, Sahoo KC, et al. From menarche to menopause: A population-based assessment of water, sanitation, and hygiene risk factors for reproductive tract infection symptoms over life stages in rural girls and women in India. Brocklehurst C, editor. PLoS One [Internet]. 2017 Dec 5;12(12):e0188234. Available from: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188234
  •  Dutta A, Kavitha AK, Swain S, Nanda L, Pati S, Panigrahi P. Independent Urban Effect on Hypertension of Older Indians: Identification of a Critical Knowledge Gap from Study on Global Ageing And Health (SAGE). Under Print. (Journal of American Society of Hypertension)

 

Current And Recently Completed Grants

Principal Investigator for the following research and/or implementation projects

  •  Assessment of the fortification of the school Mid-day meal in Dhenkanal, Odisha, sponsored by World Food Programme (started in October 2016 – continuing). Grant amount: USD 120,000
  •  Analysis and interpretation of data generated by the Comprehensive Case Management Project (CCMP), Odisha – collaboratively implemented by National Vector-borne Disease Control Programme, Odisha and National Institute of Malaria Research, India, supported by Medicines for Malaria Venture and World Health Organization. Sponsored by: Medicines for Malaria Venture, Geneva (started in January 2016 and still continuing)
  •  Intervention to increase case detection in four low performing urban and Industrial TB units of Odisha, India, using Xpert MTB/RIF technology, sponsored by: TB REACH of STOP TB Partnership, UNOPS, Geneva (2014-2016). Grant amount: USD 170,000. Manuscript published
  •  Assessment and capacity-building of the vulnerable sub-centres of Odisha, sponsored by: UNICEF, Odisha (started in 2013 – still continuing). Grant amount: USD 60,000. Preliminary results: Assessment Report submitted to UNICEF and other stakeholders. Capacity-building of vulnerable Sub-centre staff is being carried out.
  •  Analysis of National Vector-borne Disease Control Programme, Odisha data, sponsored by: Technical Management and Support Team, Odisha supported by: UKAID (started in 2014). Grant amount: USD 20,000. Preliminary results: Manuscripts published
  •  Assessment of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) in 20 districts of Odisha, sponsored by: UNICEF, Odisha (concluded in January 2014). Grant amount: USD 20,000. Result: Final report submitted to UNICEF in 2014 and manuscript published.

Co-investigator for the following projects

  •  Odisha state health system strengthening project: the diagnostic phase, sponsored by Tata Trusts India. Grant amount: USD 350,000
  •  Life course approach for exploring the impact of sanitation access and menstrual hygiene management on psychosocial stress, behavior, and health among girls, women, and neonates in Odisha (Orissa), India, sponsored by SHARE of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (started in 2013). Preliminary results: Data collected analyzed. Two manuscripts under review with peer-reviewed journals.

Consultancy

Final evaluation of IMPACT (Initiative to Manage People Cantered Alliances in Control of Tuberculosis) Project of CARE Indiasponsored by USAID through PATH. Consultancy compensation: USD 5000. The evaluation was conducted in September 2013 and report submitted to all the stakeholders in December 2013, which was considerably appreciated. The evaluation document has been used since then as a source of information by other similar project(s) for replicating the “things-that-worked” and the document’s finding-based recommendations had already been put into action by the local TB program for course-correction.

Currently engaged as a consultant epidemiologist working for The Leprosy Mission-led research consortium to study Comparingthree community-based intervention strategies to detect leprosy cases early and prevent disability. Sponsored by: Leprosy Research Initiative

Seminars/ Conference/ Workshops

 

  •  2017, Speaker/Trainer at the Operational Research Workshop on TB for Medical Colleges, eastern Zone of India
  •  2016, Convener/speaker at the workshop for software-assisted data analysis at the Indian Institute of Public, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Public Health Foundation of India
    • li> 2016, Oral presentation at 46th World Conference on Lung Health, Liverpool, South Africa. TB Reach project in Odisha, India: intervention to find ’missed’ TB cases from migrant slum dwellers and industrial laborers
  •  2015, Poster presentation at 46th World Conference on Lung Health, Cape Town, South Africa- TB Reach project in Odisha, India: intervention to find ’missed’ TB cases from migrant slum dwellers and industrial laborers
  •  2015, Invited speaker for Conference on Application of Systems and Mathematical Bilology in Public Health, organized by National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
  •  2014, Convener/speaker at the workshop for analysis of epidemiological data using R at Global Institute of Public Health, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  •  2013, Oral presentation at WHO and Government of India Expert working group meeting to combat comorbidities in current country context, September 2013, New Delhi
  •  2012, Oral presentation at Annual Conference of Gerontological Society of America, November 2012, San Diego, USA (Epidemiology of Aging Interest Group Symposium) Topic: Middle aged children of longer lived parents have better all-cause survival : 18 year follow-up in the HRS study (delivered by Prof David Melzer)
  •  2012, Oral presentation at International Conference on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, February 2012, New Delhi, India, Topic: Uric acid improves prediction of cardiovascular mortality in later life in two population cohorts
  •  2010, Oral presentation at International Network on Health Expectancy (REVES) May 2010, Havana, Cuba, Topic: Determinants of lifespan in later life
  •  2010, Oral presentation at Annual Conference of Gerontological Society of America, November 2010, New Orleans, USA, Topic: Predictors of extraordinary survival in the Iowa established populations for epidemiologic study of the elderly: cohort follow-up to “extinction”
  •  2004, Collaboration between the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) and the Tea Industry, TB Control in Workplace, Report of an Inter-country Consultation, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South East Asia, New Delhi; 2004 p. 7–8. http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/Reports_TB-269.pdf

 

Scholarships

  •  Recipient of PhD studentship (plus full waiver of PhD registration/tuition) from Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter
  •  Recipient of South Asia Scholarship from Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds for pursuing Masters of Public Health.
  •  Recipient of training scholarship from WHO international office for 2 weeks training in TB Control in Sondalo Italy, 2004