Dorairaj Prabhakaran

Employment

• Public Health Foundation of India Distinguished Professor
  2022 - Present
• Public Health Foundation of India Vice President
  2015 - 2022
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Professor and Associate Director, NCD Centre
  2014 - Present
• Public Health Foundation of India Director
  2014 - 2022
• Rollins School of Public Health Adjunct Professor
  2009 - Present
• Centre for Chronic Disease Control Executive Director
  2007 - Present

Education

• Bangalore Medical College MBBS
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences MD
• McMaster University MSc
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences DM

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (560)

• Multiple long-term conditions and their association with quality of life and healthcare utilisation among adults in India: a cross-sectional analysis of WHO SAGE Waves 2 and 3
  BMJ Open 2026 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116399
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• Exploring the mechanisms of yoga-based cardiac rehabilitation in heart failure via assessment of endothelial function, genomics and arterial health (Yoga-EndOmics): a study protocol
  BMJ Open 2026 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110239
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• Vaccination Status, Long-Term Symptoms, and Cardiovascular Outcomes after Hospitalisation for COVID Infection: A 12-Month Multinational Study in 16 Countries
  2026 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6925162
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• Does health insurance coverage improve cardiometabolic risk factor levels? Quasi-experimental evidence from India
  Global Health Action 2025 DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2570600
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• India’s Hypertension Challenge
  JACC 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.08.067
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• Digital Clock Assessment in South Asian Setting: Pilot study
  2025 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7347321/v1
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• Dietary Iodine Intake in Urban and Rural North India: Implications for and Compatibility with Salt Reduction Efforts.
  The Journal of Nutrition 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.10.004
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• Multimorbidity among adult Indians –prevaLence, incidence, risk fActors and economic burdeN: the MILAN cohort study protocol
  BMJ Open 2025 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100853
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• Comparison of dual therapies for hypertension treatment in India: a randomized clinical trial
  Nature Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03854-w
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• Does home-based screening improve hypertension diagnosis, treatment and control? A regression discontinuity analysis in urban India
  BMJ Global Health 2025 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017167
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