Rakesh Ghosh
Specialist
Institute for Health & Aging
School of Nursing
Awards
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- Third place winner, Research paper, International Meeting on Simulation in HealthCare, San Antonio, 2019
- Research paper selected as hot topic presentation, Environment and Health conference Basel ISEE, ISES and IAIAQ, 2013
- Gold medal, University of Burdwan, India, 1999
Education & Training
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- Postdoc Environmental epidemiology University of California, Davis 2012
- PhD Epidemiology Newcastle University 2008
Interests
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- Burden of disease assessment
- Epidemiologic methods
- Environmental health
- Global maternal and neonatal health
- Perinatal epidemiology
Grants and Projects
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- , Sykes Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
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- Is the association between ambient air pollution and perinatal outcomes causal? A systematic review and meta-analysis, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Publications (43)
Top publication keywords:
Maternal-Child Health ServicesParticulate MatterOxytocicsInfant, Low Birth WeightMentoringPostpartum HemorrhageMentorsStillbirthPregnancy OutcomePrenatal CarePublic FacilitiesEnvironmental ExposurePremature BirthBronchitisAir Pollutants
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SARS-CoV-2 infection by trimester of pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcomes: a Mexican retrospective cohort study.
BMJ open 2024 Ghosh R, Gutierrez JP, de Jesús Ascencio-Montiel I, Juárez-Flores A, Bertozzi SM -
Factors influencing pregnancy care and institutional delivery in rural Mali: a secondary baseline analysis of a cluster-randomised trial.
BMJ open 2024 Ghosh R, Konipo AN, Treleaven E, Rozenshteyn S, Beckerman J, Whidden C, Johnson A, Kayentao K, Liu J -
Estimating the effect of realistic improvements of metformin adherence on COVID-19 mortality using targeted machine learning.
Global epidemiology 2024 Qiu S, Hubbard AE, Gutiérrez JP, Pimpale G, Juárez-Flores A, Ghosh R, de Jesús Ascencio-Montiel I, Bertozzi SM -
A comic based interactive digital intervention to enhance facilitation skills of nurse mentors in public facilities - results of a pilot intervention in Bihar, India.
Global health action 2023 Ghosh R, Cohen SR, Subramaniam N, Handu S, Vincent D, Lloyd M, Thorn K, Harris HB, Jenny A, Walker D -
Adverse effects of temperature on perinatal and pregnancy outcomes: methodological challenges and knowledge gaps.
Frontiers in public health 2023 Mehta M, Basu R, Ghosh R
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Heat stable carbetocin or oxytocin for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage among women at risk: A secondary analysis of the CHAMPION trial.
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2023 Ghosh R, Owa O, Santos N, Butrick E, Piaggio G, Widmer M, Althabe F, Qureshi Z, Lumbiganon P, Katageri G, Walker D -
Defining and estimating effects in cluster randomized trials: A methods comparison.
Statistics in medicine 2023 Benitez A, Petersen ML, van der Laan MJ, Santos N, Butrick E, Walker D, Ghosh R, Otieno P, Waiswa P, Balzer LB -
Air pollution and child health impacts of decarbonization in 16 global cities: Modelling study.
Environment international 2023 Milner J, Hughes R, Chowdhury S, Picetti R, Ghosh R, Yeung S, Lelieveld J, Dangour AD, Wilkinson P -
Effect of community health worker home visits on antenatal care and institutional delivery: an analysis of secondary outcomes from a cluster randomised trial in Mali.
BMJ global health 2023 Kayentao K, Ghosh R, Guindo L, Whidden C, Treleaven E, Chiu C, Lassala D, Traoré MB, Beckerman J, Diakité D, Tembely A, Idriss BM, Berthé M, Liu JX, Johnson A -
Effect of a quality improvement intervention for management of preterm births on outcomes of all births in Kenya and Uganda: A secondary analysis from a facility-based cluster randomized trial.
Journal of global health 2022 Ghosh R, Otieno P, Butrick E, Santos N, Waiswa P, Walker D, Preterm Birth Initiative Kenya and Uganda Implementation Research Collaborative -
Training nurse simulation educators at scale to improve maternal and newborn health: a case study from Bihar, India.
BMC medical education 2022 Madriz S, Afulani P, Spindler H, Ghosh R, Subramaniam N, Mahapatra T, Das A, Sonthalia S, Gore A, Cohen SR, Handu S, Walker D -
Simulation and nurse-mentoring in a statewide nurse mentoring program in Bihar, India: diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage and intrapartum asphyxia.
Gates open research 2022 Ghosh R, Cohen S, Spindler H, Vincent D, Sterling M, Das A, Gore A, Mahapatra T, Walker D -
Stillbirth, neonatal and maternal mortality among caesarean births in Kenya and Uganda: a register-based prospective cohort study.
BMJ open 2022 Ghosh R, Santos N, Butrick E, Wanyoro A, Waiswa P, Kim E, Walker D -
Super Divya to the rescue! Exploring Nurse Mentor Supervisor perceptions on a digital tool to support learning and engagement for simulation educators in Bihar, India.
BMC medical education 2022 Kalra A, Siju M, Jenny A, Spindler H, Madriz S, Baayd J, Handu S, Ghosh R, Cohen S, Walker D -
Super Divya, an Interactive Digital Storytelling Instructional Comic Series to Sustain Facilitation Skills of Labor and Delivery Nurse Mentors in Bihar, India-A Pilot Study.
International journal of environmental research and public health 2022 Kalra A, Subramaniam N, Longkumer O, Siju M, Jose LS, Srivastava R, Lin S, Handu S, Murugesan S, Lloyd M, Madriz S, Jenny A, Thorn K, Calkins K, Breeze-Harris H, Cohen SR, Ghosh R, Walker D -
Simulation and nurse-mentoring in a statewide nurse mentoring program in Bihar, India: diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage and intrapartum asphyxia
Gates Open Research 2022 Ghosh R, Cohen SR, Spindler H, Vincent D, Sterling M, Das A, Gore A, Mahapatra T, Walker D. -
Correction: Ambient and household PM2.5 pollution and adverse perinatal outcomes: A meta-regression and analysis of attributable global burden for 204 countries and territories.
PLoS medicine 2021 Ghosh R, Causey K, Burkart K, Wozniak S, Cohen A, Brauer M -
Ambient and household PM2.5 pollution and adverse perinatal outcomes: A meta-regression and analysis of attributable global burden for 204 countries and territories.
PLoS medicine 2021 Ghosh R, Causey K, Burkart K, Wozniak S, Cohen A, Brauer M -
Increases in diagnosis and management of obstetric and neonatal complications in district hospitals during a high intensity nurse-mentoring program in Bihar, India.
PloS one 2021 Joudeh A, Ghosh R, Spindler H, Handu S, Sonthalia S, Das A, Gore A, Mahapatra T, Walker D -
Assessing the impact of group antenatal care on gestational length in Rwanda: A cluster-randomized trial.
PloS one 2021 Sayinzoga F, Lundeen T, Musange SF, Butrick E, Nzeyimana D, Murindahabi N, Azman-Firdaus H, Sloan NL, Benitez A, Phillips B, Ghosh R, Walker D -
Simulation and team training embedded nurse mentoring programme and improvement in intrapartum and newborn care in a low-resource setting in Bihar, India.
Journal of global health 2020 Ghosh R, Spindler H, Dyer J, Christmas A, Cohen SR, Das A, Sonthalia S, Mahapatra T, Gore A, Shah H, Walker DM -
Effect of a quality improvement package for intrapartum and immediate newborn care on fresh stillbirth and neonatal mortality among preterm and low-birthweight babies in Kenya and Uganda: a cluster-randomised facility-based trial.
The Lancet. Global health 2020 Walker D, Otieno P, Butrick E, Namazzi G, Achola K, Merai R, Otare C, Mubiri P, Ghosh R, Santos N, Miller L, Sloan NL, Waiswa P, Preterm Birth Initiative Kenya and Uganda Implementation Research … -
Cohort study of neonatal resuscitation skill retention in frontline healthcare facilities in Bihar, India, after PRONTO simulation training.
BMJ paediatrics open 2020 Higgins BV, Medvedev MM, Spindler H, Ghosh R, Longkumer O, Cohen SR, Das A, Gore A, Mahapatra T, Walker DM -
Training and evaluating simulation debriefers in low-resource settings: lessons learned from Bihar, India.
BMC medical education 2020 Raney JH, Medvedev MM, Cohen SR, Spindler H, Ghosh R, Christmas A, Das A, Gore A, Mahapatra T, Walker D -
Diagnosis and management of postpartum hemorrhage and intrapartum asphyxia in a quality improvement initiative using nurse-mentoring and simulation in Bihar, India.
PloS one 2019 Ghosh R, Spindler H, Morgan MC, Cohen SR, Begum N, Gore A, Mahapatra T, Walker DM -
Simulation-enhanced nurse mentoring to improve preeclampsia and eclampsia care: an education intervention study in Bihar, India.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2019 Raney JH, Morgan MC, Christmas A, Sterling M, Spindler H, Ghosh R, Gore A, Mahapatra T, Walker DM -
Simulation and team training embedded nurse mentoring program and improvement in intrapartum and newborn care in a low-resource setting in India
Journal of Global Health 2019 Ghosh, R., Spindler, H., Dyer, J., Christmas, A., Cohen, SR., Das, A., Sonthalia, S.; Mahapatra, T., Gore, A.; Shah, H., Walker, DM. -
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017
Lancet 2018 GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators. -
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and
years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for
195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic
analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Lancet 2018 GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. -
Costs of coronary heart disease and mortality associated with near-roadway air pollution.
The Science of the total environment 2017 Brandt S, Dickinson B, Ghosh R, Lurmann F, Perez L, Penfold B, Wilson J, Künzli N, McConnell R -
Air pollution, weight loss and metabolic benefits of bariatric surgery: a potential model for study of metabolic effects of environmental exposures.
Pediatric obesity 2017 Ghosh R, Gauderman WJ, Minor H, Youn HA, Lurmann F, Cromar KR, Chatzi L, Belcher B, Fielding CR, McConnell R -
Air pollution and childhood bronchitis: Interaction with xenobiotic, immune regulatory and DNA repair genes.
Environment international 2015 Ghosh R, Rossner P, Honkova K, Dostal M, Sram RJ, Hertz-Picciotto I -
Near-Roadway Air Pollution and Coronary Heart Disease: Burden of Disease and Potential Impact of a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy in Southern California.
Environmental health perspectives 2015 Ghosh R, Lurmann F, Perez L, Penfold B, Brandt S, Wilson J, Milet M, Künzli N, McConnell R -
In Harding R., Pinkerton, KE. (Editors), The Lung: Development, Aging and the Environment (2nd Edition). 2015 London, UK: Elsevier
The epidemiology of air pollution and childhood lung diseases. 2015 Ghosh, R. and Hertz-Picciotto, I -
Indoor smoke and prenatal and childhood growth: The role of (gestational) age.
World journal of clinical pediatrics 2013 Ghosh R -
Air pollutants, genes and early childhood acute bronchitis.
Mutation research 2013 Ghosh R, Topinka J, Joad JP, Dostal M, Sram RJ, Hertz-Picciotto I -
No improvement in socioeconomic inequalities in birthweight and preterm birth over four decades: a population-based cohort study.
BMC public health 2013 Glinianaia SV, Ghosh R, Rankin J, Pearce MS, Parker L, Pless-Mulloli T -
Particulate matter exposure during pregnancy is associated with birth weight, but not gestational age, 1962-1992: a cohort study.
Environmental health : a global access science source 2012 Pearce MS, Glinianaia SV, Ghosh R, Rankin J, Rushton S, Charlton M, Parker L, Pless-Mulloli T -
Ambient nitrogen oxides exposure and early childhood respiratory illnesses.
Environment international 2011 Ghosh R, Joad J, Benes I, Dostal M, Sram RJ, Hertz-Picciotto I -
Indoor coal use and early childhood growth.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2011 Ghosh R, Amirian E, Dostal M, Sram RJ, Hertz-Picciotto I -
Exposure to air pollution in critical prenatal time windows and IgE levels in newborns.
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 2011 Herr CE, Ghosh R, Dostal M, Skokanova V, Ashwood P, Lipsett M, Joad JP, Pinkerton KE, Yap PS, Frost JD, Sram R, Hertz-Picciotto I -
Air pollution exposure during critical time periods in gestation and alterations in cord blood lymphocyte distribution: a cohort of livebirths.
Environmental health : a global access science source 2010 Herr CE, Dostal M, Ghosh R, Ashwood P, Lipsett M, Pinkerton KE, Sram R, Hertz-Picciotto I -
Does the effect of air pollution on pregnancy outcomes differ by gender? A systematic review.
Environmental research 2007 Ghosh R, Rankin J, Pless-Mulloli T, Glinianaia S