Dr. Aditya Singh

Assistant Professor
Banaras Hindu University (BHU)

aadigeog@gmail.com

Field of Study: Demography, Economics, Geography, Medical/ Life Science, Population and Development, Public Health/ Epidemiology, Sociology, Statistics
 
Specialization: Age and Sex Structure, Ageing, Culture, religion and ethnicity, Fertility, Income, Poverty and Welfare, Internal Migration, Mortality, Health, and Longevity, Population and Development, Population and Environment, Reproductive Health (Family Planning), Spatial Analysis (and Geographic Information)
 
Regional focus: South Asia
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Public Health/Epidemiology, 2016
 
Working languages: Hindi
English
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Asian Population Association (APA), European Association for Population Studies (EAPS), Population Association of America (PAA)


Professional web page:
http://port.academia.edu/AdityaSingh  
 
Professional Summary:

I am an assistant professor of geography at Banaras Hindu University in India. I obtained my MPhil in demography from IIPS, Mumabi and PhD in health sciences from the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. I am interested in demography, human geography, and public health. 

 

Publications:

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1.     Sagar R, Dandona R, Gururaj G, Singh A et al. (2020) “The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017” Lancet Psychiatry, 7(2): 148-161. (IF: 16.3, CS: 25.7)


2.     LeFevre A, Agarwal S, Singh A et al. (2019) “Are stage-based health information messages effective and good value for money in improving maternal new-born and child health outcomes in India? Protocol for an individually randomized controlled trial” Trials, 20:272. (IF: 2.54)

 

3.     Singh A (2019) “Shortage and inequality in the distribution of specialists in rural hospitals in Uttar Pradesh, 2002-12” BMC Health Services Research, 17(8). (IF: 1.87)