Dorairaj Prabhakaran | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (MD: Internal Medicine and DM: Cardiology) and McMaster University Canada, MSc: Health Research Methodology |
Occupation(s) | Cardiologist, Epidemiologist, author, researcher |
Dorairaj Prabhakaran is a scientist, cardiologist, author, researcher and currently director of the Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC).[1][2][3][4][5]
Stanford University listed Prabhakaran amongst the top 2% scientists in the world.[6] Scopus and Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, listed him as the topmost researcher in Medicine in India terms of publications for the years 2009–2014.[7]
He is a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and Emory University, Atlanta, USA.[8][9][10] He is also a visiting Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health and an International Fellow at the Population Research Institute, McMaster University. He is also a distinguished professor at Public Health Foundation of India.[11]