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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in India Leader Award
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Overview

Sanjay Zodpey is affiliated with the Public Health Foundation of India. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a focus on subfields including General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Finance, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's main topics of work cover a range of public health and epidemiological issues:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Public Health Policies and Education

Recent significant publications authored or co-authored by Sanjay Zodpey include:

  • "Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in India," 2020, The Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • "SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August-September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey," 2021, The Lancet Global Health
  • "Subnational mapping of under-5 and neonatal mortality trends in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000-17," 2020, The Lancet
  • "Size, composition and distribution of health workforce in India: why, and where to invest?", 2021, Human Resources for Health
  • "Morbidity and mortality from road injuries: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017," 2020, Injury Prevention

Sanjay Zodpey frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Himanshu Negandhi
  • Anup Karan
  • Preetika Banerjee
  • Anita Shet
  • Niveditha Devasenapathy

The scientist's work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • Indian Journal of Public Health
  • Journal of Health Management
  • Human Resources for Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Catherine Owens Johnson;Minh Nguyen;Gregory A. Roth;Emma Nichols

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of lower respiratory infections in 195 countries, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Christopher Troeger;Brigette Blacker;Ibrahim A Khalil;Puja C Rao

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of disease Study 2016

    Spencer L James;Alice Theadom;Richard G Ellenbogen;Marlena S Bannick

  • Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

    MG Griswold;N Fullman;C Hawley;N Arian

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiological transition across the states of India, 1990–2016 in the Global Burden of Disease Study

    Lalit Dandona;Rakhi Dandona;G Anil Kumar;D K Shukla

  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

Frequent Co-Authors

Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
Mustafa Z Younis
Mustafa Z Younis Jackson State University
Florian Fischer
Florian Fischer Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Felix Akpojene Ogbo
Felix Akpojene Ogbo Western Sydney University
Rakhi Dandona
Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India
Mihajlo Jakovljevic
Mihajlo Jakovljevic University of Kragujevac
Paul S. F. Yip
Paul S. F. Yip University of Hong Kong
David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jagdish Khubchandani
Jagdish Khubchandani New Mexico State University
Foad Abd-Allah
Foad Abd-Allah Cairo University

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