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Archana Shrestha, PhD

Assistant Professor Adjunct
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Archana Shrestha is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health. She is a PhD trained epidemiologist and researcher with excellent skills in implementation science, data analysis and research methodology in developing countries . She is interested in developing, testing, and implementing preventive interventions to reduce the impact of non-communicable disease epidemics in low-income countries. She has been involved in community based health program development, implementation, research and education in Nepal for last ten years. She conceived and am working as a co-PI in Dhulikhel Heart Study; a large population based longitudinal study on cardiovascular diseases in Nepal. She is also leading a translational research to prevent diabetes through dietary modification in worksites of Nepal; .and Co-Director of the NHLBI T32 training grant on translational research capacity building to address cardiovascular diseases in Nepal. She serves as a country director – Nepal for the North Pacific Global health Research Fellows Training in collaboration with the University of Washington.

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Education & Training

PhD
University of Washington, Epidemiology (2016)

Research

Overview

1. Community-based lifestyle intervention for diabetes management in rural Nepal: A cluster randomized trial of a combination of community health workers (CHWs), peer supporter and regular telephone calls. Funded by the Global Alliance for Chronic Disease (GACD), the project aims to measure the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance (RE-AIM) metrics of implementing a lifestyl intervention to diabetes patients through primary health care level institutions in Nepal.

2. Translational Research Capacity Building Initiative to Address Cardiovascular Diseases in Nepal. Funded by NHLBI, NIH, the project's goal is to build a translational research capacity in local researchers in Nepal and conduct national needs assessment to prevent and manage cardiovascular diseases.

3. Population-Based Longitudinal Study on Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors in Dhulikhel, Nepal. The goal of the study is to employ standardized methodology to obtain estimates of CVD mortality and morbidity rates in addition to evaluating associations with health history, behaviors and other risk factors for CVD. This also aims to prepare a platform for conducting ancillary implementation studies in the prevention and management of CVD.

4. Nepal Pioneer Worksite intervention study to prevention diabetes. Funded by NIH DP award, the goal of the study is to test the effectiveness of environmental and individual level dietary interventions among employees of a worksite in Nepal, Mexico and India.

5. Cervical Cancer Prevention in Low Resource Setting – An Implementation Trial in Nepal. Funded by Yale Cancer Center, this project evaluates the implementation of careHPV self-sample testing and treatment in Nepal.

6. Cancer and Sexual Stigma and its Association with Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake in Nepal. Funded by Yale Cancer Center, this study aims to validate cancer and sexual stigma tools in Nepal, measure the stigma using valid tools, and assess the association of stigma with cervical cancer screening uptake.

7. Develop, Implement, and Evaluate the Public Food Procurement Policy in Nepal. Funded by Resolve to Save Lives, this project aims to develop, implement, and evaluate public food procurement policy at the municipal level of governance in Nepal.


Medical Research Interests

Cardiovascular Diseases; Diabetes, Gestational; Global Health; Healthy Lifestyle; Hypertension; Implementation Science; Obesity

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Archana Shrestha's published research.

Publications

2024

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Fulbright Student Scholarship Award

    International Award

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