Dr Rachana Patel

Dr Rachana Patel

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  • About me

    Research Manager- RWE| Bio-statistician| Data Management | Epidemiology| Demographer| SAS| R| Python| STATA

  • Education

    • Department of Statistics, Banaras Hindu University, India

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      Bachelor's degree MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS A
    • Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

      2011 - 2011
      Short term program-advance course in PhD Spatial demography A
    • International Institute for Population Sciences

      2010 - 2013
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Demography and Population Studies UGC-JRF

      Activities and Societies: worked on maternal health with application of spatial statistics. A combination of statistics and geo-spatial correlates explores the research in social-health indicators. -Specialization in Maternal and Child Health-Spatial and non-spatial data expert-Population Dynamics expert-STATA, SPSS, R and GeoDa expert

    • Banaras Hindu University

      2005 - 2007
      Master's Degree Statistics A
    • Indian Institute of Public health, PHFI, New Delhi, India

      2018 - 2019
      Postgraduate Diploma Public health and Nutrition A
    • International Institute for Population Sciences

      2007 - 2008
      Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) Child Health and Nutrition (Applied Statistics) A
  • Experience

    • International Institute for Population Sciences

      Jan 2009 - Dec 2009
      Research Officer

      Associated with DLHS 3 (2006-07) Project on Reproductive and Child Health in addition to Public Health Facility survey. Major role as research officer is to deal with the various state agency to compile data and monitor the quality of data. Data cleaning and consistency on every step were scrutinized. Worked with Prof L Ladusingh on sampling weight calculation based on stratified multistage sampling (weight on individual-district-state-India). Analysis of key indicators and DLHS 3 State report.

    • International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai

      Aug 2009 - May 2013
      Research Scholar

      Worked on maternal health with an application of spatial statistics. A combination of statistics and geospatial correlates explores the research in social-health indicators. A district wise analysis using DLHS 3 and facility data. Merged data from women data file, village information with health facility information was uniquely utilized for the entire research work. First-time complete public health facility infrastructure information was collected in DLHS 3 hence the available information was optimally tried to get linked to maternal health care outcomes. Show less

    • INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN (ICRW)

      Jun 2013 - Dec 2014
      Consultant- Technical

      Project IMPACCT-Evaluation of Apni Beti Apna Dhan (ABAD Scheme) program in Haryana. Rigorously worked on data Cleaning and data compilation. Quantitative Analysis was done for the project Documentation and Report.

    • Population Council

      Feb 2016 - Apr 2016
      Consultant

      Project-Community Mobilization Project (Parivartan) for improving family welfare behavior in Bihar. Worked on data Analysis on program evaluation, Documentation, and Report.

    • University Research Co., LLC (URC) & Center for Human Services (CHS)

      Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
      Statistician-Consultant

      Reviewed data from USAID ASSIST project on Quality Improvement Intervention at Public Health Facility to improve the obstetric and newborn care in order to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths. Examined, cleaned and prepare the data for analysis obtained from hospitals. Conducted the extended analysis and assisted for publication using intervention and Evaluation based statistical model.

    • World Vision USA

      Jul 2016 - Sept 2016
      Research Consultant-Statistician

      ACCESS a multi-collaborative project on wheelchair user's capacity enhancing, led by World Vision and supported by USAID, was implemented from 2014 to 2017 in five countries El Salvador, India, Romania, Kenya, and Nicaragua with the goal to strengthen the wheelchair sector through enhanced service capacity, provision of a diverse range of wheelchairs, engagement with national and local governments and increased participation of wheelchair users.I was involved in compilation and preparation of data. Fixed the queried based on proposed objectives of the program. Extensively assisted in analytical work and obtained results from evaluation of the program in order to prepare a complete project report. Show less

    • Mamta Health Institute for Mother and Child

      Sept 2016 - Feb 2018

      In various Intervention Based Program:Research and PublicationQuantitative AnalysisProgram EvaluationSurvey Plan and Sampling DesignSurvey tools and instrumentation

      • Regional Manager- Research

        Sept 2017 - Feb 2018
      • Senior Program Manager-Research

        Sept 2016 - Aug 2017
    • Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

      Feb 2018 - Apr 2020
      Scientist (Bio-Statistics)
    • IPE Global Limited

      Mar 2019 - Apr 2021
      Independent Consultant
    • ART Fertility Clinics

      Apr 2021 - Jun 2023
      Bio-Statistician (Medical Research)

      one of the key persons in clinical research team in India. Intensively involved in Statistical analysis in various research protocol (dept. of Gynecology, Embryology, IVF). Advance IVF technique and all stimulation procedures till pregnancy outcome are being outlined into research.

    • Putnam

      Jul 2023 - now
      Research Manager
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