CV

Education

• Bachelor of Ayurved Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik-India, 2009
• Master of Health Administration (MHA), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai-India, 2012
• Certificate in College Teaching, University of Arizona, USA, 2018
• Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), University of Arizona, USA, 2020 (expected)

Work experience

• January 2018 – December 2019: Research Technician
  • Center for Population Science & Discovery, University of Arizona
  • Duties included: Created databases, statastical analysis, literature reviews, designing and modifying data collection instruments
  • Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Calhoun
• June 2012 – June 2015: Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellow (PMRDF)
  • CAPART, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India
  • Duties included: • Served as Assistant Director for Chhattisgarh State Skill Development Authority (CSSDA), monitoring and evaluation of government schemes, designing and implementation of action research projects, trainings
  • Supervisor: District Collector and Magistrate, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India
• June 2009 – May 2010: Assitant Medical Officer
  • Raodeo Nursing Home, Dwaraka Polyclinc
  • Duties included: casualty/trauma unit management, general outpatient department
  • Supervisor: Dr. Raodeo, Dr. Borse

Internship

• Summer 2019: Intern
  • Arizona Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (AZ-OSPB) Phoenix, Arizona
  • Duties included: Review of pharmaceutical procurement strategies
  • Supervisor: Director, AZ-OSPB

Skills

• Technical: Biostatics | Stata | R | SPSS | GitHub | EndNote | DHS Surveys | World Bank HNP Dataset
• Essential: Secondary Data Analysis | Economic Evaluations in Healthcare | Program Management | Data Collection | Data Analysis | Quantitative Research | Healthcare Management | Communication | Collaboration | Creative Thinking | Team Building | Graduate Teaching

Publications

Why health policies should be transnational: A case for East Asia Pacific countries

Ambade, P. N., Katragadda, C., Sun, D., Bootman, J. L., & Abraham, I. (2019). "Why health policies should be transnational: A case for East Asia Pacific countries" The International journal of risk & safety in medicine. 30(2)101.

Impact of wealth and other determinants on health insurance enrollment in India: An empirical analysis of National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16)

Ambade P.N. (2020). "Impact of wealth and other determinants on health insurance enrollment in India: An empirical analysis of National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16)" Working Paper.

Talks

Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2012

Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, California

Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2013

Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley CA, USA

Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

February 01, 2014

Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK

Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2014

Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Distrct Level Master Trainer

Service and leadership

• Student Representative for College of Public Health on Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC), University of Arizona for the year 2015-16.
• Planning Committee member for College of Public Health Poster Forum 2016
• Student representative on College of Public Health’s Student Affairs Committee