Umaer Alam

About

Presently, I am working as a social and behavioral health researcher. I have been involved in different intra mural and extra mural projects funded by Government of India. I am interested in studying the social epidemiology of various communicable and non communicable diseases.

Besides, I am also a trained Mental health professional and have dealt with wide varieties of mental health patients and their families. I also have experience of working in a one of the reputed Half way homes(psychaitric rehabilitation home) located in Delhi.

Employment

• ICMR-Regional Medical Research Center Scientist
  2022 - Present

Education

• Pondicherry University Master of social work
  2012 - 2014
• Aligarh Muslim University Bachelor of Honors
  2009 - 2012

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (10)

• Neurologic Sequelae After Encephalitis Associated With Dengue Virus in Children
  Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2025 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf521
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• Waning neutralizing antibodies among vaccinated children in Japanese encephalitis endemic region
  Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_157_25
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• Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Behavioral Factors Associated with Dengue Outbreak: An Observational Study from Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
  Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 2025 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2024.0064
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• Predictors of encephalitis in children with scrub typhus-associated acute febrile illness
  Acta Tropica 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107525
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• Re-evaluating Presumptive Treatment with Doxycycline/ Azithromycin in Children With Acute Febrile Illness in a Scrub Typhus Endemic Region: A Cross-Sectional Study
  Indian Pediatrics 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s13312-025-3354-x
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• Factors associated with delayed health-seeking behaviour and disease severity on admission among patients diagnosed with acute encephalitis syndrome: an observational study from North India
  BMJ Public Health 2024 DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001071
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• COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adults in India: A primary study based on health behavior theories and 5C psychological antecedents model
  PLOS ONE 2024 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294480
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• Facilitators and barriers to the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine precaution dose among adult population: qualitative analysis across six different states of India
  Frontiers in Public Health 2024 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1293600
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• Period poverty in India: an analysis of the National Family Health Survey-5
  Journal of Health Inequalities 2024 DOI: 10.5114/jhi.2024.145647
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• Preventive strategies to innovate Japanese encephalitis control in eastern Uttar Pradesh: Accelerating towards zero incidence
  Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 2023 DOI: 10.4103/1995-7645.374352
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