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Prof. Koustuv Dalal

Professor Koustuv Dalal

Honorary Professor

koustuvsun[at]gmail.com

Qualification:

  • PhD, FRSPH

Awards (if any):

‘International Safe Community (a WHO initiative) Distinguished Career Award, “Best Scientific Paper Award” at the International (WHO) Injury Conference 2006 for Cost calculation model for injury/violence.

Journals (If any):

Scientific Publications:180 articles (12 in The Lancet, 1 in The Nature) + Conference abstracts >90

Other Accomplishments:

1.Senior Advisor of the WHO CC CSP (2007 -2015), currently known as the International Safe Community Certifying Centre (ISCCC).

2.Director of the Centre for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (CIPSP- a WHO network centre),Örebro University (2012 -2016)

3. Dean (Academic Affairs), IPHK – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, WB, India (former) Global Chair: International Safe Hospital Network (under WHO CC CSP) (2007 -2015)

4. Invited Scientific Expert: World Health Organization: 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Milestones meetings for Violence Prevention, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. UNICEF, Min. of Health & Min. of Educ. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00093-5

5. Expert Health Economist for Cost and Injury: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD Study), sponsored by World Bank, WHO and Harvard University.

6. Evaluator: WHO CCCSP/ International Safe Community, Safe School, country Programs, Projects, Research grants: several countries, MRC & EU (>500)

7. Invited Member: Economics research committee – CGNK –initiated and led by Nobel Laureates. & several International and National Scientific Committee Developed more than 40 Programs and courses at PhD, Master and Bachelors level

8. Inaugural / Keynote / Plenary / Invited International Conference speech: More than 70 (including invited Key-note speeches by and for the Nobel laureates)

9.Fund for Research: > 80 million SEK (≈10 million USD), including PhD students’ positions.

10.Leaderships of International workshops (health economics): 27

11. Editor-in-Chief, Health Economics Review, Springer-Nature (JCR: Q1)

12. Senior Editorial Board Member (SEBM), Springer-Nature (BMC Health Services Research),

13. Advisory Board member: several journal houses (e.g. Springer -Nature, Taylor & Francis, mdpi)

14. Research collaborations: 52 universities/ institutes (40 countries)

15.Recipient: prestigious Swedish Bureanska Foundation’s Prize, 2023 for Scientific Work Excellence, Dinomoyee Devi Puraskar (for social contribution Prize) in India, 2023, Barnaporichoy Samman, (for scientific excellence prize in India) 2024 and FELLOW of Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), 2024, UK.

16. Students and workshop participants: 106 countries