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Global Health Security, Global Health Diplomacy, Global Health Governance, Digital Health, Healthy Systems Management and Policy, International Relations, Public Health, Occupational Medicine
Canada, India, Trinidad and Tobago, Ethiopia, Iran, United States, Kenya

Biography

Vijay Kumar Chattu MD, MPH, PhD, MPhil, MBBS, FIAMS

Medical Doctor specialized in Community Medicine, Epidemiology, International Health Development, Global Mental Health & HIV/AIDS Management with experience in India, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Belgium, South Africa, France, USA and Canada. Have worked with various International NGOs (FHI 360, HIV/AIDS Alliance), donor organizations (BMGF, World Bank, Global Fund) and Public Health Institutes globally.

Key expertise areas - Public Health, Policy & Health Management, Global Health Governance, Health Diplomacy, Refugee Health, Global Mental Health, Capacity building, Health Systems Strengthening, Primary Health Care, MCH, Infectious Diseases (HIV/AIDS,TB & STIs), Cancer Epidemiology, Human Rights

• Listed in World’s Top 2% of Scientists in Public Health and Medicine by Stanford University Rankings & Elsevier BV in 2023, 2022 and 2021. (In both Lifetime and Single year categories)
• Ranked #5 among the First 10 Best Scientists in Medicine and Health Sciences/Epidemiology and Public Health at University of Toronto (AD Scientific Index 2024)
• Ranked #3 among the Highly cited Public Health Researchers in India (Stanford University and Elsevier Rankings 2023)
• Total publications: 400 plus; H-Index: 64; i10 Index: 153, Citations: 53,058

Activities

Employment (5)

University of Alberta: Edmonton, AB, CA

2022-01-01 to present | Adjunct Professor (School of Public Health)
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University of Toronto: Toronto, ON, CA

2019-07 to present | Senior Research Scientist (Department of OS & OT)
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University of The West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences: Saint Augustine, TT

2014-09 to 2019-06 | Lecturer- Public Health (Public Health and Primary Care)
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University of Buraimi: Buraimi, Al Buraimi, OM

2012 to 2014 | Assistant Professor (Public Health)
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Qassim University: Buraidah, Al Qassim, SA

2010 to 2012 | Assistant Professor (Epidemiology & Public Health)
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Education and qualifications (9)

The University of the West Indies at St Augustine Faculty of Medical Sciences: Saint Augustine, TT

2016 to 2023 | PhD (International Relations)
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University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences: Matieland, ZA

2014 to 2016 | MPhil (Africa Center for HIV/AIDS Management )
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Harvard Medical School: Boston, MA, US

2013 to 2014 | Global Mental Health (Psychiatry)
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WHO- IARC: Lyon, Lyon, FR

2012 to 2012 | Fellowship in Cancer Epidemiology (Cancer Research)
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Royal Tropical Institute: Amsterdam, NL

2010 to 2010 | Certificate in Health Systems Strengthening (International Health)
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University of California Los Angeles Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health: Los Angeles, CA, US

2007 to 2007 | Fellow in HIV/AIDS Epidemiology (Epidemiology)
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Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp: Antwerp, Antwerp, BE

2005 to 2006 | MPH (Public Health)
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Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University: Nagpur, Maharashtra, IN

2002 to 2005 | MD (Community Medicine)
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Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University: Nagpur, Maharashtra, IN

1995 to 2000 | MBBS (Medical Sciences)
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