PhD Students
VRHP provides opportunity to its employee to pursue their PhD during their tenure at Vadu. Four people at Vadu have utilized this opportunity to pursue their PhD through various collaborations and few more are awaiting their registration.
Ongoing PhDs
| Name of the student | Phd Topic | Department / University |
| Sindhu Nila (2019-2020) | Social determinants of Non communicable diseases and risk factors in tribal areas in Pune district, Maharashtra, India | KEM Hospital Research Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India |
| Amol Mankar(2019-2020) | Prevalence of Influenza like illness and their relation with Influenza A infection and identification of the risk factors for Influenza cases in Maharashtra | KEM Hospital Research Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India |
| Varsha Maske(2018-2019) | A study of the outcome, compliance and client satisfaction of postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD) – a family planning method | KEM Hospital Research Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India |
| Mrudula Holkar (2018-2019) | Leveraging implementation science strategy by facilitating behavior change communication to strengthen public private partnership in TB control in rural India. | KEM Hospital Research Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India |
| Rohan Shah (2018-2019) | Study to determine vitamin B12 metabolism in severely deficient young adults from rural Indian population | KEM Hospital Research Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India |
| Snigdha Gupta (2018-2019) | Study on nutritive composition of wheat germ and its supplementation effect on weight reduction and lipid profile in human subjects | KEM Hospital Research Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India |
| Aditi Apte (2017-2018) | Nanotechnology for transdermal delivery of micronutrients for prevention and treatment of nutritional deficiencies | Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India |
| Rutuja Patil(2017-2018) | To assess the feasibility of using a well-established teleconsultation facility (Micro-Health Centre -MHC) in management of COPD and asthma in a resource constrained area | Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh |
| Sudipto Roy(2017-2018) | Care-seeking practices of and barriers to care-seeking for pneumonia in children aged less than five years in tribal and non-tribal rural areas of Pune district, India | Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh |
| Shirsh Raut (2014-2015) | Nanotechnology for transdermal delivery of micronutrients for prevention and treatment of nutritional deficiencies | Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune and APT research Centre, Pune |
Completed PhDs
| Name of the student | Phd Topic | Department / University |
| Dhiraj Agarwal | Exploring the human oral and nasal microbiota in healthy and diseased population- a study of rural population in Pune, India | Chest Research Foundation, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India |
| Vijendra Ingole | A study of weather effect, susceptibility, and potential impact of climate change on mortality in Vadu HDSS, India | Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden |
| Utkarsh Mukkannwar | Assessment of the ambient and indoor air quality and its relative impact on respiratory health in rural setting in India | Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India |
| Siddhi Hirve | Integrating aging research in demographic surveillance areas – the HDSS, Vadu experience in a rural district in Western India | Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden |
