Community Science Alliance

Our Team

CSA is a collaboration between community-based organizations, frontline clinicians, and leading scientists from India and the Indian diaspora.

Faculty

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Dr. Shitij Arora

Associate Professor In Medicine at Albert Einstein College Of Medicine, New York

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Dr. Satchit Balsari

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Director, India Digital Health Network, Mittal Institute

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Dr. Rajani Bhat

Pulmonologist & Palliative Medicine Physician

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Dr. Charuta Mandke

Professor & Head, Department Of Ophthalmology, Dr. R.N. Cooper Medical College & Hospital, Mumbai

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Dr. Manoj Mohanan

Creed C. Black Professor of Public Policy and Interim Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

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Dr. Tony Raj

Professor of Physiology, Dean, St. John’s Medical Research Institute, India

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Dr. Amita Sudhir

Associate Professor Of Emergency Medicine at University Of Virginia, Residency Director

Researchers

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Shubhangi Bhadada

Senior Research Associate

Mittal Institute Fellow, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University

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Dr. Verghese Thomas

Senior Research Associate (Consultant)

Assistant Professor – Research, Division of Medical Informatics, St. John’s Research Institute

Advisors

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Dr. Amita Sudhir

Associate Professor Of Emergency Medicine at University Of Virginia, Residency Director

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Dr. Rajani Bhat

Pulmonologist & Palliative Medicine Physician

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Dr. Tony Raj

Professor of Physiology, Dean, St. John’s Medical Research Institute, India

Partners

Context Matters: CSA comprises community-based healthcare organizations across India.

Community Partners

ARMMAN leverages mHealth to provide cost effective, gender sensitive, and accessible healthcare solutions to pregnant women and mothers.

BHS provides responsive primary healthcare and nutrition services rooted in communities.

MAHAN Trust provides preventive and curative services in the tribal Melghat region of Maharashtra.

Noora Health engages with and educates families and attendants to improve patient outcomes after discharge.

Sangath provides child and mental health services that are affordable and accessible.

Sangwari  manages community clinics and outreach teams to provide primary healthcare services in Surguja in Chhattisgarh.

SEWA Rural is a voluntary institution to improve health in rural and tribal areas in the Jhagadia block in southern Gujarat.