Prabhdeep Kaur

Dr Prabhdeep Kaur is a physician and public health professional, currently working as a Chair and Professor at Isaac Centre for Public Health, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. She is developing interdisciplinary training and research programs in various domains, including digital health, artificial intelligence-based applications for public health, one health and health data science. Before joining IISc; she was a Senior Scientist, Head of the Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Course Coordinator for the Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETP) Fellowship Programs at ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai. She has 20 years of experience in epidemiological research, teaching and implementation science. She has worked in many areas, including public health initiatives and research to improve the prevention and treatment of hypertension, diabetes, and cervical cancer in India. She has conducted several outbreak investigations and worked to strengthen public health surveillance for infectious diseases. She was a member of the Chief Minister’s Expert Task Force for COVID-19 control in Tamil Nadu. She was the Principal Investigator (2017-2023) for the “India Hypertension Control Initiative”, a multi-partner public health initiative implemented in 150+ districts across 24 states to improve hypertension treatment and control, and best practices have been integrated into the national program. She was a member of the WHO’s Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Expert group (2019 -2023). She has published 100+ papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals.