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Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
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Dr. Pramit Ghosh

General Information
Name Dr. Pramit Ghosh
Designation Scientist E
Date of joining ICMR 22-Jul-2021
Date of joining present post 16-Dec-2024
Discipline Epidemiology
Educational Qualification: MBBS, MD(Community Medicine)
Email : pramit.ghosh@icmr.gov.in
Academic Qualification  
Graduation MBBS (MCH, University of Calcutta)
Post Graduation MD (Community Medicine) AIIHPH-University of Calcutta
Doctorate NIL

Profile

Research Experience

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Public health professional by training with more than two decades of research experience. Worked as a faculty in medical colleges for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching for 15 years, later moved to ICMR as a physician scientist in 2021. He has been part of multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional projects in collaboration with academia, government agencies, Unicef, WHO and other stakeholders. After joining, ICMR has been part of research projects on Rabies, COVID vaccine acceptance, malaria around international borders, antimicrobial resistance and research governance.
 

Research Interest

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His area of interest includes Antimicrobial resistance, immunization, child health, adolescent health, RTI/STI, HIV, arsenicosis,hemoglobinopathies, research designing, research governance, disease modelling etc.
 

Memberships

Fellow of Professional Societies/ Associations:

  1. Indian Public Health Association
  2. Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine
  3. Epidemiology Foundation of India
     

Awards

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Projects

Extramural Project

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Intramural Project

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Publications

2025

  1. Thangaraj JWV, Krishna NS, Devika S, Egambaram S, Dhanapal SR, Khan SA, et al. Estimates of the burden of human rabies deaths and animal bites in India, 2022-23: a community-based cross-sectional survey and probability decision-tree modelling study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2025;25(1):126-34.

2024

  1. Samajpati M, Barua N, Das KS, Maity P, Ghosh P. Profile of Vitrectomy Patients and their Surgical Outcome at a Tertiary Care Eye Center. Journal of Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal. 2024;1(1):11-4. 
  2. Dutta M, Kundu S, Ghosh B, Ghosh P. Perspectives and early experience on endoscopic stapedotomy from a group of "traditional school" otologists. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. 2024;103(11):NP679-85.
  3. Khan SA, Chowdhury P, Shah A, Medhi H, Choudhury P, Chowdhury P, Ghosh P. Persistence of West Nile Virus circulation in North-East region of India: A prospective facility-based study spanning over a decade. J Vector Borne Dis. 2024 Oct 5. doi: 10.4103/JVBD.JVBD_168_23. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39373251.
  4. Bisai, Santanu1; Dutta, Swati2; Sengupta, Debjani2; Ghosh, Pramit3. Performance Analysis of Nutritional Rehabilitation Centers in Purulia District of West Bengal, India. Acta Medica International 11(2):p 131-136, May-Aug 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/amit.amit_55_24
  5. Bordoloi S, Khan SA, Ghosh P, Kardong D. Harnessing Wolbachia to Reduce Dengue Transmission-a Review. Indian Journal of Entomology. 2024;1-11.
  6. Godbole S, Diwan V, Das S, Reddy MM, Kalyanasundaram M, Rajendran D, et al. Facilitators and barriers to the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine precaution dose among adult population: qualitative analysis across six different states of India. Frontiers in Public Health. 2024;11:1293600.
  7. Dhali D, Barua N, Thakur SKD, Das D, Ghosh P, Santra R. A prospective observational study on the effectiveness of pterygium excision with limbal conjunctival autograft transplantation and recurrence in patients of primary pterygium. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2024;14(3):444-444.

2023

  1. Saha AK, Chakraborti C, Barua N, Gyatsho J, Ghosh P. Factors associated with visual outcome after traumatic hyphema following closed globe injury due to blunt trauma: A tertiary care center study. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2023;13(11):2347-2347.
  2. Barua N, Goel S, Ghosh P, Mukherjee S, Chakraborti C. Architectural Analysis of Modified Trabeculectomy Blebs Using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in a Tertiary Care Centre. Medical Journal of Dr DY Patil University. 2023;16(4):574-80.

2022

  1. RAY A, SEN GUPTA D, SAR CHOUDHURY J, GHOSH P. Resilience of Healthcare Providers during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Assessment using Digital Platform. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research. 2022;16(12).
  2. Haldar M, Majumdar KK, Ghosh P. Assessment on cold chain management system in selected blocks of Purulia district, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2022;9(5):2137.
  3. Sen A, Sahana PK, Chakrabarti P, Ghosh P, Dolai TK, De R. Abnormal glucose homeostasis in patients of HbEβ-thalassemia: Prevalence and possible pathogenesis using the Oxford HOMA model. Journal of Hematology and Allied Sciences. 2022;2(2):46-54.
  4. Santra R, Barua N, Dutta J, Ghosh P. A Study on Adherence of Anti-Glaucoma Medications in Adults-An Observational Hospital based Study. Indian J Research Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. 2022;13(4):194.

2021

  1. Sarif J, Raychaudhuri D, D'Rozario R, Bandopadhyay P, Singh P, Mehta P, et al. Plasma gradient of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor is linked to pathogenic plasma proteome and immune transcriptome and stratifies outcomes in severe COVID-19. Frontiers in Immunology. 2021;12:738093.
  2. Ghosh P, Roy P, Chaudhuri SJ, Das NK. Epidemiology of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. Indian Journal of Dermatology. 2021;66(1):12-23.
  3. Khatun M, Datta D, Hazra A, Ghosh P, Selim MB, Mondal R. Economic burden of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in India. Indian Pediatrics. 2021;58:38-40.
  4. Das S, Ghosh P, Banerjee S, Pyne S, Chattopadhyay J, Mukhopadhyay I. Determination of critical community size from an HIV/AIDS model. Plos one. 2021;16(1):e0244543.
  5. Jain M, Chakrabarti P, Dolai TK, Ghosh P, Mandal PK, Baul SN, et al. Comparison of efficacy and safety of thalidomide vs hydroxyurea in patients with Hb E-β thalassemia-a pilot study from a tertiary care Centre of India. Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases. 2021;88:102544.

  6. Burman A, Chatterjee S, Ghosh P, Mukhokadhyay I. A Flexible Agent-Based Model to Study COVID-19 Outbreak--A Generic Approach. arXiv preprint arXiv:210611070. 2021;

2020

  1. Guha Mazumder D, Majumdar K, Ghosh P, Ghosh A. Prevalence and Mortality of Skin Cancer in an Arsenic Exposed Population in District of Nadia, West Bengal, India. Clinical Oncology. 2020;5:1709.
  2. Ghosh P, Basheer S, Paul S, Chakrabarti P, Sarkar J. Increased detection coupled with social distancing and health capacity planning reduce the burden of covid-19 cases and fatalities: A proof of concept study using a stochastic computational simulation model. MedRxiv. 2020;2020-04.
  3. Das S, Ghosh P, Sen B, Pyne S, Mukhopadhyay I. Critical community size for COVID-19: A model based approach for strategic lockdown policy. Stat Appl. 2020;18:181-96.
  4. Das S, Ghosh P, Sen B, Mukhopadhyay I. Critical community size for COVID-19--a model based approach to provide a rationale behind the lockdown. arXiv preprint arXiv:200403126. 2020;
  5. Aruru M, Gurewitsch R, Das S, Ghosh P, Sen B, Mukhopadhyay I, et al. A data-driven approach to COVID-19: Resources, policies, and best practices. BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences. 2020;5(2):226-31.

2019

  1. Misra SK, Mondal PK, Faiheng AL, Jami J, Langstieh BT, Mukhopadhyay I, et al. A Hospital Based Prospective Study on Functional Change in Cases of Anky-losing Spondylosis in Eastern India. J Phys Med Rehabil Disabil. 2019;5:033.

2018

  1. Biswas S, Dasgupta S, Ghosh P. Quality of village health & nutrition day sessions in north 24 parganas district, West Bengal, India. IOSR J Dent Med Sci IOSR-JDMS. 2018;17(2):8-11.
  2. Sarkar M, Sinha R, Roychowdhoury S, Mukhopadhyay S, Ghosh P, Dutta K, et al. Comparative study between noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure and hot humidified high-flow nasal cannulae as a mode of respiratory support in infants with acute bronchiolitis in pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine: Peer-reviewed, Official Publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. 2018;22(2):85.

2017

  1. Das A, Ghosh P, Ghosh I, Bhattacharya R, Sardar AKA, Goswami S, et al. Usefulness and utility of NACO regime in the management of sexually transmitted infections: A pilot study. Indian journal of dermatology. 2017;62(6):630-4.
  2. Bhattacharyya D, Chowdhury R, Choudhuri S, Ghosh P, Bhattacharyya M. Efficacy and Safety of Deferasirox in Chelation Naive HbEβ Thalassemia Patients: Initial Experience from a Tertiary Centre of Eastern India. Blood. 2017;130:4760.

2016

  1. Sarkar J, Das Gupta U, Mondal PK, Ghosh PK. Clinico-social determinants of disability among new leprosy patients: Study from a teaching hospital in rural area of West Bengal, India. J Dent Med Sci. 2016;15:1-7.
  2. Baidya KP, Biswas S, Ghosh P. A study on incurable blindness in a rural community of west Midnapur District, West Bengal, India. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences-Jemds. 2016;5(85):6339-44.
  3. Sen S, Ghosh P, Ghosh T, Das M, Das S. A study on effect of lipemia on electrolyte measurement by direct ion selective electrode method. J Biomol Res Ther. 2016;5(02):142.

2015

  1. Bhattacharyya D, Bhattacharyya M, Chatterjee S, Chowdhury A, Ghosh P. Transient Elastography of Liver in Hb E Beta Thalassemia: A Novel Tool to Determine Hepatic Iron Overload? Blood. 2015;126(23):3368.
  2. Maiti SR, Maiti A, Bose I, Chakraborti D, Ghosh P, Dutta AK. Study of pulmonary function tests in patients of primary hypothyroidism. Indian J Basic Appl Med Res. 2015;5(121):7.
  3. Chakraborty A, Ghosh P. Awareness about Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) among pregnant mothers-a community based study in a rural area of West Bengal, India. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS), e-ISSN: 2279-0853, p-ISSN: 2279-0861.Volume 14, Issue 9 Ver. IV (Sep. 2015), PP 01-05

2014

  1. Roy A, Chaudhuri J, Sarkar D, Ghosh P, Chakraborty S. Role of enteric supplementation of probiotics on late-onset sepsis by Candida species in preterm low birth weight neonates: a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial. North American journal of medical sciences. 2014;6(1):50.
  2. Bishnu S, Bandyopadhyay D, Samui S, Das I, Mondal P, Ghosh P, et al. Assessment of clinico-immunological profile of newly diagnosed HIV patients presenting to a teaching hospital of eastern India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2014;139(6):903-12.

2013

  1. GhoshDr P, SureshDr T, SamirDr D. Quality of Routine Immunization Services: Trends in some Districts of West Bengal. Journal of Comprehensive Health. 2013;1(2):1-16.
  2. Roy A, Sarkar D, Chakraborty S, Chaudhuri J, Ghosh P, Chakraborty S. Profile of hepatic involvement by dengue virus in dengue infected children. North American journal of medical sciences. 2013;5(8):480.
  3. Murhekar MV, Dutta S, Kapoor AN, Bitragunta S, Dodum R, Ghosh P, et al. Frequent exposure to suboptimal temperatures in vaccine cold-chain system in India: results of temperature monitoring in 10 states. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2013;91:906-13.

2012

  1. Samanta S, Mehra S, Maiti T, Ghosh P, Ghosh SK. Socio-demographic correlates influencing the trend of intestinal parasitic infestation in a rural community of West Bengal, India. Journal of Public Health. 2012;20:405-12.
  2. Ghosh I, Ghosh P, Bharti AC, Mandal R, Biswas J, Basu P. Prevalence of human papillomavirus and co-existent sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers, men having sex with men and injectable drug abusers from eastern India. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2012;13(3):799-802.
  3. Mandal PK, Mallik S, Manna N, Sardar JC, Ghosh P, Chakraborty D, et al. Non-adherence to lifestyle modification: a study among diabetic patients in a Tertiary care hospital, Kolkata, India. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2012;6(4).
  4. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1533-6, # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012, Chapter Title Arsenicosis;Copyright Year 2012, Copyright Holder Springer Science+Busines. In: Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins,. V.N. Uversky, R.H. Kretsinger, E.A. Permyakov (eds.),;
  5. Mandal PK, Seshadri Kole SK, Sarmila Mallik SM, Nirmalya Manna NM, Pramit Ghosh PG, Samir Dasgupta SD. Behavioural factors related to overweight and obesity among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in an urban area of West Bengal, India. 2012;
  6. Sil A, Das NK, Ghosh P, Datta PK, Islam CN, Tripathi SK. A study to evaluate the price control of antifungal medicines and its practical applicability. Indian journal of pharmacology. 2012;44(6):704-9.

2011

  1. Bhattacharyya A, Saha SK, Ghosh P, Chatterjee C, Dasgupta S. Study comparing the management decisions by IMNCI algorithm and pediatricians in a teaching hospital for the young infants between 0 to 2 months. Indian journal of public health. 2011;55(4):324-8.
  2. Mallik S, Mandal PK, Ghosh P, Manna N, Chatterjee C, Chakrabarty D, et al. Mass measles vaccination campaign in Aila cyclone-affected areas of West Bengal, India: an in-depth analysis and experiences. Iranian journal of medical sciences. 2011;36(4):300.
  3. Santanu G, Suhrita P, Mookerjee S, Tania K, Mita S, Pramit G, et al. Lipid modifying action of atorvastatin in comparison to combination of atorvastatin and nicotinic acid in patients with ischaemic heart disease. Indian Heart Journal. 2011;63(5):434-7.
  4. Modak T, Arora P, Agnes C, Ray R, Goswami S, Ghosh P, et al. Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in cases of abnormal vaginal discharge: comparison of clinical and microbiological criteria. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 2011;5(05):353-60.
  5. Banerjee S, Biswas N, Kanti Das N, Sil A, Ghosh P, Hasanoor Raja AH, et al. Diagnosing leprosy: revisiting the role of the slit‐skin smear with critical analysis of the applicability of polymerase chain reaction in diagnosis. International journal of dermatology. 2011;50(12):1522-7.
  6. Mallik S, Mandal PK, Chatterjee C, Ghosh P, Manna N, Chakrabarty D, et al. Assessing cold chain status in a metro city of India: an intervention study. African health sciences. 2011;11(1).
  7. Samanta S, Mehra S, Maiti TK, Ghosh P, Ghosh SK. A Community Based Epidemiological Study on Intestinal Amoebiasis in Rural West Bengal, India. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2011;2(3):164-8.

2010

  1. Dasgupta S, Bagchi SN, Ghosh P, Sardar JC, Roy AS, Sau M. Monitoring of mass measles campaign in AILA-affected areas of West Bengal. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2010;54(4):224-7.
  2. Chakrabarti B, Ghorai S, Basu B, Ghosh SK, Gupta P, Ghosh K, et al. Late nodal metastasis in early-stage node-negative oral cavity cancers after successful sole interstitial brachytherapy: an institutional experience of 42 cases in India. Brachytherapy. 2010;9(3):254-9.
  3. MANDAL K, Chakrabarty D, Ghosh P, Manna N, Mallik S, CHATTERJEE C, et al. Geriatric disability and associated risk factors: A community based study in a rural area of West Bengal, India. 2010;
  4. Chakrabarty D, Mandal P, Manna N, Mallik S, Ghosh P, Chatterjee C, et al. Functional disability and associated chronic conditions among geriatric populations in a rural community of India. Ghana medical journal. 2010;44(4).
  5. Mallik S, Chatterjee C, Mandal PK, Sardar JC, Ghosh P, Manna N. Expenditure to treat thalassaemia: an experience at a tertiary care hospital in India. Iranian journal of public health. 2010;39(1):78.

2009

  1. De BK, Gangopadhyay S, Dutta D, Baksi SD, Pani A, Ghosh P. Pentoxifylline versus prednisolone for severe alcoholic hepatitis: a randomized controlled trial. World journal of gastroenterology: WJG. 2009;15(13):1613.

2008

  1. Saha I, Paul B, Dasgupta A, Ghosh P. Variations of adolescent blood pressure by multifactorial analysis in an urban slum of Kolkata. Journal of the Indian Medical Association. 2008;106(9):571-2.
  2. Sardar JC MP& GP. Feeding practices and morbidity pattern among infants in arural area of south 24Pgs district West Bengal. Indian J Nutr & Diet. 2008;45(10):440-2.
  3. Ghosh P, Roy C, Das NK, Sengupta SR. Epidemiology and prevention of chronic arsenicosis: an Indian perspective. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2008 Nov-Dec;74(6):582-93. doi: 10.4103/0378-6323.45099. PMID: 19171980.
  4. Das NK, Ghosh P, Das S, Bhattacharya S, Dutta RN, Sengupta SR. A study on the etiological agent and clinico-mycological correlation of fingernail onychomycosis in eastern India. Indian journal of dermatology. 2008;53(2):75-9.

2007

  1. Mandal PK SJ Chatterjee C, Lahiri SK, Ghosh P. A study of breast feeding practices among infants in a rural area of West Bengal. Ind J Prevent Soc Medic. 2007;38(1-2):28-31.