Bipin Adhikari
Bipin Adhikari (born on June 20, 1982) is a doctor who specializes in Tropical Medicine and Public Health.[1] He currently works as a senior social scientist at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, based at the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok.[2][3]
Education and Early Life
[change | change source]Bipin was born on June 20, 1982, in Rupandehi district, Nepal. He completed his schooling in various institutions between his hometown and his maternal uncle’s home in Syangja. Bipin is the eldest among his four siblings. He is married to Shristi Raut and has a son and a daughter.[4]
After finishing high school at the National School of Sciences, he pursued his Bachelor's in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) at Xinxiang Medical University, China, from 2002 to 2008.[5]
Upon returning from China in 2007, he started working as a medical officer at Trichandra Military Hospital and an infectious disease hospital in Kathmandu. In 2011, Dr. Adhikari obtained a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from Mahidol University, followed by a master’s degree in clinical tropical medicine. His master’s thesis focused on factors affecting cerebral malaria in Thailand.[6] He later pursued another master’s degree in public health at Chulalongkorn University, where he studied the stigma around leprosy in western Nepal.[7][8]
Career
[change | change source]Adhikari briefly served as an escort physician for a BBC documentary called ‘The Extreme Classroom,’ which involved taking school students from the UK to the Everest Base Camp.[9] He then joined Doctors Without Borders, working as a TB/HIV physician in South Sudan. Afterward, he worked with the South Asia Regional Association of Doctors Without Borders in Delhi.[10]
In 2015, Bipin joined the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) and completed his Doctorate in Philosophy in Clinical Medicine from the University of Oxford. His research focused on community engagement for targeted malaria elimination in Laos, which has been widely cited in global health literature.
Adhikari's contributions to public engagement and science communication have been recognized with awards such as the Nuffield Department Public Engagement Winner in 2017 and the Kellogg College Community Engagement Academic Merit Award in 2017. He received the Mrigendra Raj Pandey Young Scientist Award in 2019 for his research contributions.[11][12][13]
In 2021, Bipin returned to the malaria department of MORU and continues his work on social sciences around malaria, emphasizing community-based interventions for remote communities. He received the Emerging Leaders of 2023 Award from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene for his outstanding contributions to global health.[14]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Bipin Adhikari". www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ↑ "Bipin Adhikari". www.tropmedres.ac. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ↑ "Bipin Adhikari: Community engagement for malaria elimination". www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ↑ "Bipin Adhikari". www.ndm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ↑ Adhikari, Bipin; Pell, Christopher; Cheah, Phaik Yeong. "Community engagement and ethical global health research". Global Bioethics. 31 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1080/11287462.2019.1703504. ISSN 1128-7462. PMC 6968663. PMID 32002019.
- ↑ Naserrudin, Nurul Athirah; Lin, Pauline Yong Pau; Monroe, April; Culleton, Richard; Baumann, Sara Elizabeth; Sato, Shigeharu; Adhikari, Bipin; Fornace, Kimberly M.; Hod, Rozita; Jeffree, Mohammad Saffree; Ahmed, Kamruddin (2023-07-10). "Exploring barriers to and facilitators of malaria prevention practices: a photovoice study with rural communities at risk to Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Sabah, Malaysia". BMC Public Health. 23 (1): 1316. doi:10.1186/s12889-023-16173-x. ISSN 1471-2458. PMC 10332084. PMID 37430300.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ↑ Adhikari, B. (2018). Community engagement for targeted malaria elimination in Lao PDR (Laos) (http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text thesis). University of Oxford.
{{cite thesis}}: External link in|degree= - ↑ Adhikari, Bipin; Tripura, Rupam; Dysoley, Lek; Callery, James J.; Peto, Thomas J.; Heng, Chhoeun; Vanda, Thy; Simvieng, Ou; Cassidy-Seyoum, Sarah; Ley, Benedikt; Thriemer, Kamala (2022-10-04). "Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) quantitation using biosensors at the point of first contact: a mixed method study in Cambodia". Malaria Journal. 21 (1): 282. doi:10.1186/s12936-022-04300-9. ISSN 1475-2875. PMC 9531219. PMID 36195916.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ↑ "BBC News - The Highest Classroom on Earth, Part One". BBC. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ↑ Adhikari, Bipin; Vincent, Robin; Wong, Geoff; Duddy, Claire; Richardson, Emma; Lavery, James V.; Molyneux, Sassy (2019). "A realist review of community engagement with health research". Wellcome Open Research. 4: 87. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15298.2. ISSN 2398-502X. PMC 6611131. PMID 31289754.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ↑ "Kellogg alumnus Dr Bipin Adhikari receives prestigious Emerging Leaders Award". Kellogg College. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ↑ Seventh Virtual National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal, retrieved 2024-05-14
- ↑ "RSTMH Medals and Awards Winners 2023 | RSTMH". www.rstmh.org. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ↑ "Kellogg alumnus Dr Bipin Adhikari receives prestigious Emerging Leaders Award". Kellogg College. Retrieved 2024-05-14.