Ravi Prakash Upadhyay

Achievements :

  • Graduated as a BMGF PRERNA Fellow 2014-2018
  • Working as a Scientist and Assistant Director at CHRD SAS, New Delhi since 2019
  • Selected as a DBT/Wellcome IA Early Career Clinical and Public Health Fellow 2020-25
  • Received research grants as an Investigator from various National and International agencies
  • Published >20 articles in scientific peer-reviewed journals
  • Coordinating and Leading research teams as Co-investigator / Principal Investigator

 

List of Publications(Since 2018) :

1. Upadhyay RP, Hysing M, Taneja S, Kvestad I, Bhandari N, Strand TA. Linear Growth between Early and Late Childhood and Cognitive Outcomes at 6 to 9 Years of Age [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 27]. J Pediatr. 2020;S0022-3476(20)30681-8. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.05.043

2. Chowdhury R, Taneja S, Dhabhai N, Mazumder S, Upadhyay RP, Sharma S, et al. Burden of preconception morbidity in women of reproductive age from an urban setting in North India. PLoS One. 2020;15(6):e0234768. Published 2020 Jun 18. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234768

3. Taneja S, Sinha B, Upadhyay RP, et al. Community initiated kangaroo mother care and early child development in low birth weight infants in India-a randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatr. 2020;20(1):150.

4. Kvestad I, Taneja S, Upadhyay RP, Hysing M, Bhandari N, Strand TA. Vitamin B12, Folate, and Cognition in 6- to 9-Year-Olds: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics. 2020;145(3):e20192316. doi:10.1542/peds.2019-2316

5. Kumar G, Choudhary TS, Srivastava A, Upadhyay RP, Taneja S, et al. Utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care in India: analysis from the National Family Health Survey 4. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019;19(1):327.

6. Taneja S, Chowdhury R, Dhabhai N, Mazumder S, Upadhyay RP, et al. Impact of an integrated nutrition, health, water sanitation and hygiene, psychosocial care and support intervention package delivered during the pre- and peri-conception period and/or during pregnancy and early childhood on linear growth of infants in the first two years of life, birth outcomes and nutritional status of mothers: study protocol of a factorial, individually randomized controlled trial in India. Trials. 2020;21(1):127.

7. Upadhyay RP, Chandyo RK, Kvestad I, Hysing M, Ulak M, Ranjitkar S, Shrestha M, Shrestha L, Strand TA. Parental height modifies the association between linear growth and neurodevelopment in infancy. ActaPaediatr. 2019. doi: 10.1111/apa.14820.

8. Upadhyay RP, Taneja S, Chowdhury R, Strand TA, Bhandari N. Effect of prebiotic and probiotic supplementation on neurodevelopment in preterm very low birth weight infants: findings from a meta-analysis. Pediatr Res 2018. Doi 10.1038/s41390-018-0211-9

9. Upadhyay RP, Martines J, Taneja S, Mazumder S, Bahl R, Bhandari N, Dalpath S, Bhan MK. Risk of post-neonatal mortality, hospitalization and sub-optimal breastfeeding practices in low birth weights from rural Haryana, India: findings from a secondary data analysis. BMJ Open 2018;8(6):e020384

10. Upadhyay RP, Naik S, Choudhary TS, Chowdhury R, Taneja S, Bhandari N, Martines J, Bahl R, Bhan MK.Cognitive and motor outcomes in low birth weight children and adolescents, compared to those with normal birth weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from south Asia. BMC Pediatr. 2019;19(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1408-8.

11. Mazumder S, Upadhyay RP, Hill Z, Taneja S, Dube B, Kaur J, et al. Kangaroo mother care: using formative research to design an acceptable community intervention. BMC Public Health. 2018 Mar 2;18(1):307. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5197-z.

 Workshop/meeting/Conference since 2018:

Date City Country Name

8th to 11th Jun 2020

Bergen

Norway

Scientific Writing and Communication course

3rd Jun 2020

Delhi virtual meeting

India

Presented Midway evaluation

28th May 2020

Delhi virtual meeting

India

Anaemia DSMB meeting

29th Apr 2020

Webinar

 

 

Webinar on “COVID-19 & Newborn” by WHO

Mar 2020

Geneva

Switzerland

WINGS Data Safety Monitoring Board Meeting

Sep 2019

Kolkata

India

NIBMG-SAS Advanced course on epidemiology and genetic methods

24th Jul 2019

Delhi

India

WINGS review meeting with Dr. Parul

Jun 2019

Bergen

Norway

Bergen Summer Research School, 2019

1st to 3rd May 2019

Delhi

India

Institutional Collaborative meeting with Dr. Per group

17th to 18th Jan 2019

Delhi

India

Linear Growth and Imprint TAG meeting

11th Jan 2019

Delhi

India

ICMR Anemia meeting

Nov 2018

Vellore

India

Still Birth Meeting in CMC Vellore

Nov 2018

Delhi

India

HBGDKi proposal presentation at BIRAC

Jul 2018

Delhi

India

SAS SPAC meeting

Mar 2018

Lillehammer

Norway

Applied Logistic regression Workshop by STANLEY LEMESHOW