Subhash Chandir

Dr. Subhash Chandir is Senior Epidemiologist and Director at IRD Global. He earned his medical degree from Pakistan, and his Masters in Public Health (Infectious Diseases) and doctorate in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control from Johns Hopkins University. Subhash has received certificates in Vaccine Science and Policy, and Clinical Vaccine Trials from Johns Hopkins.

For over 17 years, he has conducted or participated in various studies and projects in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, Ecuador, UAE, and the USA. Subhash’s research and teaching efforts are directed towards infectious disease epidemiology, surveillance, immunizations, economic incentives, community engagement, a humanities-based curriculum, and capacity building of frontline health workers, child health, pregnancy care, birth and child registration, geospatial monitoring and analysis, digital health, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and operational research. He established the Maternal & Child Health program at IRD Global, encompassing numerous research and service delivery projects in communities and healthcare settings.

He also serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. And is a member of the WHO Digital Health Technical Advisory Group.