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Praveen Kumar Durgampudi, MBBS, MPH, MSPH, EPH

Clinical Associate Professor, Department Chair of Public Health Practice, Director of Online Programs

Summary

Dr. Durgampudi holds a medical degree from NTR University of Health Sciences. In addition to this, Dr. Durgampudi also completed a Master of Public Health degree with a specialization in European Public Health from University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. The completed coursework includes, medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology along with health promotion, health protection, health needs assessment, planning and economic evaluation, epidemiology, research methods and statistics, health technology assessment and pharmaco-economics, among others. In addition to these academic accomplishments, Dr. Durgampudi also possesses professional experience such as graduate-level public health teaching, extensive experience in student advising and mentoring community-based research and various public health service experiences.

Professional affiliations

  • Associate Professor (tenure-track), Health Promotion and Health Education, School of Community and Environmental Health, Old Dominion University, 2017 to 2021
  • Track Director, MPH program (Health Promotion and Health Education), School of Community and Environmental Health, Old Dominion University, 2017 to 2021
  • Visiting Associate Professor and Interim Director, BSHS program (Health Services Administration), Old Dominion University, 2016 to 2018
  • Track Director, dual-degree MPH and MD program (Community and Preventive Medicine), School of Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies, 2015 to 2016
  • Track Director, MPH program (Health Policy and Administration), Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies, 2010 to 2016
  • Associate Professor, MPH program (Health Policy and Administration), Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies, January 2013 to August 2016
  • Co-Track Director, dual-degree MPH and MD program (Community and Preventive Medicine), School of Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies, 2010 to 2015
  • Assistant Professor, MPH program (Health Policy and Management), Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies, July 2009 to December 2012
  • Instructor, MPH program (Health Policy and Administration), Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies, May 2008 to June 2009
  • Intern, National Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland, February 2008 to May 2008
  • Surveillance Medical Officer, World Health Organization (National Polio Surveillance Project), Delhi, India, January 2003 to May 2006
  • Resident Intern, Government General Hospital, Vijayawada, India, June 2001 to June 2002 

Awards and major honors

  • >Upsilon Phi Delta (UPD) – Faculty Inductee – Old Dominion University - 2017 – recognizes, rewards and encourages academic excellence in the study of healthcare management and policy.
  • Eta Sigma Gamma (ESG) – Faculty Inductee – Old Dominion University - 2017 – for promotion of the discipline by elevating the standards, ideals, competence and ethics of professionally prepared men and women in Health Education.
  • Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), London, UK, 2010 RSPH is the merger of the Royal Society of Health and the Royal Institute of Public Health to help inform policy and practice, working to educate, empower and support communities and individuals to live healthy.
  • Public Health Student Appreciation Award, St. George's University, Grenada, 2010, 2011, 2013 This award is given by the Public Health Student's Association, St. George’s University, to faculty members who help students during the academic year.
  • Erasmus Mundus Award, European Union, 2006. A highly competitive global scholarship offered by the European Union and provides scholarship opportunities within selected Universities for international higher education cooperation and mobility.

Selected publications

Books and book chapters

  • Boggs, M. M. & Durgampudi, P. (2017). Alcohol advertisements and adolescents. In C. Hegamin-Younger & J. Merrick (Eds.), Public health: Practices, methods and policies; Caribbean adolescents: Misuse and abuse of alcohol (1st ed.). Nova Science Publishers.
  • Hegamin-Younger, C., Plochocki, A., Chopra, N. & Durgampudi, P. (2017). Babash and unregulated rum in Grenada. In C. Hegamin-Younger & J. Merrick (Eds.), Public health: Practices, methods and policies; Caribbean adolescents: Misuse and abuse of alcohol (1st ed.). Nova Science Publishers.
  • Hegamin-Younger, C. & Merrick, J. (2015). Public health: Practices, methods and policies; Caribbean adolescents: Some public health concerns (1st ed.). Nova Science Publishers.
  • Austin, K., Clouden, A., Rassier, D. & Durgampudi, P. (2015). Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer prevention in Caribbean adolescents: Some public health concerns. In C. Hegamin-Younger & J. Merrick (Eds.), Public health: Practices, methods and policies; Caribbean adolescents: Some public health concerns. Nova Science Publishers.
  • Hegamin-Younger, C., Jeremiah, R., Durgampudi, P., Waller, J. & Seckam, A. (2015). Injection drug use and the risk of HIV and hepatitis C transmission. In C. Hegamin-Younger & J. Merrick (Eds.), Public health: Practices, methods and policies; Caribbean adolescents: Some public health concerns. Nova Science Publishers.
  • Basilyous, L. & Durgampudi, P. (2015). Child sexual abuse. In C. Hegamin-Younger & J. Merrick (Eds.), Public health: Practices, methods and policies; Caribbean adolescents: Some public health concerns. Nova Science Publishers.

Journal articles

  • Claiborne, D. M., Durgampudi, P. K., Dumadag, A., Hawkins, E., Laverdure, P., Yaroch-Meeker, A., Kraj, B., Wilson, A. & Akpinar-Elci, M. (2023). Health profession students' interprofessional socialization and values toward a college-based virtual interprofessional education activity. Journal of Allied Health, 52(4), 243-249.
  • Al-Sabah, R., Al-Taiar, A., Shaban, L., Albatineh, A. N., Sharaf Alddin, R., & Durgampudi, P. K. (2022). Vitamin D level in relation to depression symptoms during adolescence. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 16(1), 53.
  • Claiborne, D. M., Durgampudi, P. K., Patel, P. T., & Akpinar-Elci, M. (2021). Dental hygiene and public health students’ perception of an online interprofessional education applied learning activity. Journal of Dental Education, 85(11), 1756-1764.
  • Alsuliman, M. A., Alotaibi, S. A., Zhang, Q. & Durgampudi, P. K. (2021). A systematic review of factors associated with uncontrolled diabetes and meta鈥恆nalysis of its prevalence in Saudi Arabia since 2006. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, 37(3), e3395.
  • Alotaibi, S. A., Alsuliman, M. A. & Durgampudi, P. K. (2019). Smoking tobacco prevalence among college students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 17, 1-10.
  • Akpinar-Elci, M., Bidaisee, S., Durgampudi, P. K., Radix, R., Rodriquez-Guzman, J., Nguyen, M. T., et al. (2018). Needlestick injury prevention training among health care workers in the Caribbean. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 42, e93.
  • Cramer, R. J., Burks, A. C., Plöderl, M. & Durgampudi, P. K. (2017). Minority stress model components and affective well-being in a sample of HIV-positive sexual orientation minority adults. AIDS Care, 29 (12), 1517-1523.
  • Durgampudi, P. K., Akkari, N. & Magenta, M. (2017). Emerging vector-borne diseases Caribbean perspective: Should we be worried about Chikungunya? Virginia Public Health Journal, 1(1), 70–83.
  • Hegamin-Younger, C., Plochocki, A., Chopra, N., Durgampudi, P. K., Husain, F. & Seckam, A. (2017). Smashing babash: An evaluation of unregulated rum in Grenada. International Public Health Journal, 9(1), 67–72.
  • Boggs, M. M. & Durgampudi, P. K. (2017). The impact of exposure to alcohol advertisements on adolescents: A literature review. International Public Health Journal, 9 (1), 13–22. Basilyous, L., & Durgampudi, P. K. (2016). Child sexual abuse in Saint Lucia. International Public Health Journal, 8(3), 365-370.
  • Austin, K., Clouden, A., Rassier, D. & Durgampudi, P. K. (2016). Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer health system preparedness in Saint Lucia: A policy brief. International Public Health Journal, 8(3), 321-326.
  • Hegamin-Younger, C., Jeremiah, R., Durgampudi, P. K., Waller, J. & Seckam, A. (2016). The threat of HIV and hepatitis C transmission among Grenadian adolescents from injection drug use. International Public Health Journal, 8(3), 371-377.
  • Ahmed Pari, A. A., Durgampudi, P. K., Vaidya, A. & Bochenek, T. (2008). The impact of protection of the intellectual property rights on the pharmaceutical market in India. Zeszyty Naukowe Ochrony Zdrowia. Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarz膮dzanie (Scientific Papers of Health Care: Public Health and Management), 6(1), 52-58.
  • Ahmed Pari, A. A., Chattopadhyay, K., Durgampudi, P. K. & Wozniak, M. (2008). Funding of health care in India in the context of country development and overall health system goals. Zeszyty Naukowe Ochrony Zdrowia. Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarz膮dzanie (Scientific Papers of Health Care: Public Health and Management), 6(1), 34-41.

Education

  • Master of Science in Public Health with an emphasis in Health Economics and Financial Management, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 2008
  • Master of Public Health with an emphasis in General Public Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdoms, 2007
  • European Public Health coursework, French School of Public Health (EHESP), Rennes, France
  • Certificate in Management Training, Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization, Atlanta
  • MBBS, NTR University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India