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Overview

Devi Sridhar is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Modeling and Simulation, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Psychology, Economics and Econometrics, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Key subjects in their research include COVID-19 epidemiological studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Global Maternal and Child Health, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • Lessons learnt from easing COVID-19 restrictions: an analysis of countries and regions in Asia Pacific and Europe (2020, The Lancet)
  • SARS-CoV-2 variants and ending the COVID-19 pandemic (2021, The Lancet)
  • Scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now (2020, The Lancet)
  • SARS-CoV-2 elimination, not mitigation, creates best outcomes for health, the economy, and civil liberties (2021, The Lancet)
  • Government responses and COVID-19 deaths: Global evidence across multiple pandemic waves (2021, PLoS ONE)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jay Patel (co-authored 9 publications)
  • Genevie Fernandes (8 publications)
  • Mohammad S. Jalali (4 publications)
  • Catherine DiGennaro (4 publications)
  • Inès Hassan (3 publications)

Devi Sridhar publishes regularly in established scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • The Lancet (9 publications)
  • BMJ (8 publications)
  • Nature Medicine (5 publications)
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries

    Benedetto Saraceno;Mark van Ommeren;Rajaie Batniji;Alex Cohen

  • Global and regional estimates of COPD prevalence: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Davies Adeloye;Stephen Chua;Chinwei Lee;Catriona Basquill

  • Lessons learnt from easing COVID-19 restrictions: an analysis of countries and regions in Asia Pacific and Europe.

    Emeline Han;Melisa Mei Jin Tan;Eva Turk;Eva Turk;Devi Sridhar

  • Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. the report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola

    Suerie Moon;Devi Sridhar;Muhammad A Pate;Ashish K Jha

  • SARS-CoV-2 variants and ending the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Arnaud Fontanet;Arnaud Fontanet;Brigitte Autran;Bruno Lina;Marie Paule Kieny

  • Global Health and the Law

    Lawrence O. Gostin;Devi Sridhar

  • Global health funding: how much, where it comes from and where it goes.

    David McCoy;Sudeep Chand;Devi Sridhar

  • Achieving global targets for antimicrobial resistance

    Ramanan Laxminarayan;Devi Sridhar;Martin Blaser;Minggui Wang

  • Scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now.

    Nisreen A Alwan;Rochelle Ann Burgess;Simon Ashworth;Rupert Beale

  • Misfinancing Global Health: A Case for Transparency in Disbursements and Decision Making

    Devi Sridhar;Rajaie Batniji

  • Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and analysis

    Igor Rudan;Simrita Sidhu;Angeliki Papana;Shi-Jiao Meng

  • SARS-CoV-2 elimination, not mitigation, creates best outcomes for health, the economy, and civil liberties.

    Miquel Oliu-Barton;Bary S R Pradelski;Bary S R Pradelski;Philippe Aghion;Patrick Artus

  • Government responses and COVID-19 deaths: Global evidence across multiple pandemic waves.

    Thomas Hale;Noam Angrist;Andrew J. Hale;Beatriz Kira

  • Who sets the global health research agenda? The challenge of multi-bi financing.

    Devi Sridhar

  • Global governance of antimicrobial resistance.

    Connor Rochford;Devi Sridhar;Ngaire Woods;Zia Saleh

  • The normative authority of the World Health Organization

    Lawrence O. Gostin;Devi Sridhar;Daniel Hougendobler

  • Bridging the divide: global governance of trade and health

    Kelley Lee;Devi Sridhar;Mayur Patel

  • Urbanization and prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Southern Asia: A systematic analysis.

    Arsalan Cheema;Davies Adeloye;Simrita Sidhu;Devi Sridhar

  • Trojan Multilateralism: Global Cooperation in Health

    Devi Sridhar;Ngaire Woods

  • Who pays for cooperation in global health? A comparative analysis of WHO, the World Bank, the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

    Chelsea Clinton;Devi Sridhar

  • Metric partnerships: global burden of disease estimates within the World Bank, the World Health Organisation and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

    Marlee Tichenor;Devi Sridhar

  • Global and regional estimates ofCOPD prevalence: Systematic reviewand meta–analysis

    Davies Adeloye;Stephen Chua;Chinwei Lee;Catriona Basquill

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh
John-Arne Røttingen
John-Arne Røttingen The Research Council of Norway
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Ramanan Laxminarayan Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy
Julio Frenk
Julio Frenk University of California, Los Angeles
Debby Bogaert
Debby Bogaert University of Edinburgh
Arnaud Fontanet
Arnaud Fontanet Institut Pasteur
Kelley Lee
Kelley Lee Simon Fraser University
Otto Cars
Otto Cars Uppsala University

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