Shukanto Das
Thesis title: Task shifting and sharing in healthcare services: Developing the SHIFT-SHARE model in India

PhD Global Health
Year of study: 1
- Usher Institute
- Centre for Global Health Research
Contact details
- Mobile: +91 8980026007
- Email: shukanto.das@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Usher Institute – University of Edinburgh
Old Medical School
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Qualifications
MSc Public Health (Health Services Management), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2019-2020
MSc Cell and Molecular Biology (Bioinformatics), Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 2015-2017
BSc Cell and Molecular Biology, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 2012-2015
Responsibilities & affiliations
Reviewer of MPH Ethics Applications for the Usher Masters Research Ethics Group (UMREG)
Current research interests
Task shifting and sharing, Healthcare implementation, Healthcare program development, Health system strengthening, Health policy and power, Primary CarePast research interests
Pharmacology in public health, Drug-receptor interactions, Modelling of drug pathwaysOrganiser
Joint Secretary, Scientific Committee for the E-Conference on Biological Disasters (CoBiD), India, February 2021
Joint Secretary, Organising Committee for the 2nd National Industrial EMS Conference (NiEMS), India, February 2020
Joint Secretary, Organising Committee for the 2nd Motor Vehicle Accidents Conference, India, February 2020
Joint Secretary, Organising Committee for the 1st National Industrial EMS Conference, India , February 2018
Lead Anchor at EMS Asia Conference, India, October 2014
In-charge at Nerve Centre at the 1st Motor Vehicle Accidents Conference, India, September 2008
Participant
Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health organised by WHO, 3-5 April 2023
Global Citizenship Conference by NHS Scotland, 25 April 2023
Papers delivered
“Industrial disasters and public health” at NiEMS 2020 Ahmedabad, February 2020
Young Speaker Sessions on “Saving Children’s Lives” at EMCON 2018 Bangalore, November 2018
"Saving Children’s Lives in India” at Global Health Mini-University, George Washington University, USA, October 2018
“Community CPR and AED education in India” at EMS Asia 2018, Davos City Hospital, Philippines, June 2018
“Inadequacies in First Aid Trainings in Schools” at EMS Asia 2013, Penang General Hospital, Singapore, October 2013