Dharma Bhatta, PhD

Dharma Bhatta, PhD received his doctorate in Epidemiology from the Prince of Songkla University, Thailand in 2016. He is an epidemiologist and public health expert/researcher, with over ten years of experiences in academia and public health research in developing countries. Dr. Dharma is an Assistant Professor of Community Medicine and Public Health at Tribhuvan University, People’s Dental College, Kathmandu, Nepal where he leads a dynamic research team which conducts multidisciplinary research on non-communicable disease, infectious disease, reproductive health, statistical modeling, outcomes and health system/operations research, and tobacco epidemiology.

He has expertise in designing, executing and analyzing randomized trials and large cohort studies. He has conducted field studies in public health issues in Nepal, Thailand and Bangladesh and has worked in public health in Nepal and Iraq with US DoD. He is a consultant for different projects funded by USAID and DFID in Nepal and Ministry of Health, Nepal. During the fellowship period, he is interested on use of tobacco industry documents, understanding tobacco industry behavior and how it influences tobacco control policy and FCTC, determinants and economic impacts of tobacco use.