Our IpreventNCD team

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Published 22.07.2025

We have on board a strong multidisciplinary team with complementary research capabilities to successfully conduct IpreventNCD project.

IpreventNCD will be carried out in collaboration with partners in Nepal (Dhulikhel Hospital-Kathmandu University Hospital, Nepal Health Research Council), Norway (Norwegian Institute of Public Health, University of Bergen) and Australia (University of Queensland, Central Queensland University, Monash University).

Participating institutions

Project team
Team members	Affiliation	Role
Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke	NIPH/ UiB	PI
Abdullah Mamun	UQ	PI
Biraj Man Karmacharya	DH-KUH	Local PI
Meghnath Dhimal	NHRC	Co-local PI
Lal Bahadur Rawal	CQU	Investigator
Nisha Rana	DH-KUH	Investigator
Tor Arne Strand	UiB	Investigator
Liv Elin Torheim	NIPH	Investigator
Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar	NIPH	Investigator
Heather Melanie R Ames	NIPH	Investigator
Elina Dale	NIPH	Investigator
Shreeshti Uchai	NIPH	Postdoc
Shakun Sharma	UiB / DH-KUH	PhD student UiB
Susmita Neupane	UiB / DH-KUH	PhD student UiB
Dipendra Singh Thakuri	QU	PhD student QU
Rajani Shakya	DH-KUH	Project manager
Anisha Rai	DH-KUH	Project coordinator

CQU: Central Queensland University; DH-KUH: Dhulikhel Hospital-Kathmandu University Hospital; NHRC: Nepal Health Research Council; NIPH: Norwegian Institute of Public Health; UiB: University of Bergen; UQ: University of Queensland