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Dr. Ameya Bondre

Sangath Bhopal Hub, CareMother (IIT Bombay), Johns Hopkins University, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), New Horizons Health Research Foundation (NHHRF)

ORCID iD 0000-0003-1359-4613
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About

Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) and Global Health Field Placement Fellow of Johns Hopkins University, USA, with prior medical training (MBBS) from Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India. More than twelve years of research experience with a range of studies in urban and rural settings in India. Specialized in quantitative (Stata & SPSS) and qualitative data analysis (NVivo), scientific writing, and research project management.

Published in peer-reviewed journals in 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.

Honours from International Developmental Paediatrics Congress, Early Childhood Association (India), TEDx (2018), Yale University, Millennium Alliance-FICCI, MIT Solve (Solver cohort, 2019), World Bank, Templeton World Charity Foundation, WHO-HPSR, and Johns Hopkins University.

Currently leading mental health and health systems research with four projects at Sangath, Bhopal in collaboration with Harvard Medical School; state National Health Mission; AII India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal; National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru; and WHO-Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR).

Employment

  • Sangath Bhopal Hub Director of Research
    2020 - Present
  • CareMother (IIT Bombay) Head of Department
    2018 - 2020
  • New Horizons Health Research Foundation (NHHRF) Project Coordinator
    2015 - 2018
  • Sangath Research Fellow
    2014 - 2015
  • Community Empowerment Lab (CEL) Ventures Pvt Ltd Research Scientist
    2013 - 2014
  • Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Research Analyst
    2012 - 2013

Education

  • Johns Hopkins University Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH)
    2010 - 2012
  • Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
    2004 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (29)