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All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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Puneet Misra

Puneet Misra, MD, MPH (USA), PGDHHM, FIPHA, FIAPSM

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Room Number: 30

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Dr. Puneet Misra is Professor of Community Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He has done his residency in Preventive Medicine. He has over twenty years of experience as Physician, Researcher, Teacher, Epidemiologist and Public Health professional. He has a rich experience of research and academics at various institutions in India and abroad. He has served as a member of the Executive Committee of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM) for many years and was National President of IAPSM for year 2013-14 as the youngest president of organisation ever.

  • Fellow Indian Public Health Association
  • Fellow Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine
  • Member of the Technical Resource Group for the Adolescent Health Division of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India. 
  • Co Chair and Member of Program Advisory Council, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. 
  • Program Advisory Committee SATYAM, DST, on yoga
  • Member – National and Regional Institute Central Zone for HIV Sentinel Surveillance, NACO, Govt Of India, responsible for HSS activity in five states of India for technical support and quality control.
  • Team member of Consensus Development for Cut-offs of Measures of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome, Physical activity for Asian Indians.

 

 Task Force Member:

  • Member of Task force study on PCOS, ICMR, Govt of India
  • Member and PI of ICMR Task Force study on GDM
  • TEC member ICMR on Diabetes, Metabolic Disorders, Kidney and Liver Disorders, Cardiovascular diseases
  • Expert member for ICMR “Task force study for evaluation of community level acceptability, scalability and linkage within health system of ICMR pre-validated Lab like technologies for screening & diagnosis in rural & urban population–An Implementation research

 


 

Interest areas:

  • Life style Medicine, AYUSH and integrative medicine including Yoga research, Nutrition epidemiology
  • NCD, Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases, Psychological health, Injury Prevention
  • Disease Surveillance, Vaccine trial
  • Reproductive and sexual Health, Primary health care

 During the COVID pandemic:

  • Central team member for NCT Delhi on Covid -19
  • Central team member RRT for Delhi on Covid 19
  • Team member District surveillance team for Covid 19, South East Delhi

 

Selected Peer-reviewed publications and monographs 

More than 100 peer reviewed and indexed publications, can see at google scholar ID doctormisra and available on the url: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=X6LhyWIAAAAJ

Following is list for last 5 years

  1. Vashisht S, Rai S, Kant S, Halder P, Misra P, Goswami K et al. Oral HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in New Delhi, India: Perceptions & apprehensions: A qualitative study. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2022 Dec 15.
  2. Misra P, Kant S, Guleria R, Ahmad M, Mandal S, Chaturvedi PK et al. Test concordance and diagnostic accuracy of three serological assays for detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody: result from a population-based sero-epidemiological study in Delhi. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2022 Dec;22(1):1-6.
  3. Misra P, Jha S, Misra A, Kant S. Reporting of randomized controlled trials as per CONSORT guidelines. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2022 Oct 1;11(10):6598.
  4. Bhatnagar T, Chaudhuri S, Ponnaiah M, Yadav PD, Sabarinathan R, Sahay RR et al. Effectiveness of BBV152/Covaxin and AZD1222/Covishield vaccines against severe COVID-19 and B. 1.617. 2/Delta variant in India, 2021: a multi-centric hospital-based case-control study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022 Sep 1;122:693-702.
  5. Bhatnagar T, Chaudhuri S, Ponnaiah M, Yadav PD, Sabarinathan R, Sahay RR et al. Effectiveness of BBV152/Covaxin and AZD1222/Covishield vaccines against severe COVID-19 and B. 1.617. 2/Delta variant in India, 2021: a multi-centric hospital-based case-control study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022 Sep 1;122:693-702.
  6. Misra P, Mandal S, Kant S, Guleria R, Rai SK, Kishore S et al. SARS-CoV-2 Serological Prevalence among General Population in India: A Short Summary from A Nationwide Sero-Epidemiological Study. Archives of Clinical and Medical Case Reports. 2022;6(4):558-61.
  7. Misra P, Kant S, Guleria R, Rai SK, Kishore S, Baidya S et al. Serological prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibody among children and young age group (between 2 and 17 years) in India: An interim result from a large multicentric population-based seroepidemiological study. Journal of family medicine and primary care. 2022 Jun 1;11(6):2816-23.
  8. Mandal S, Misra P, Kant S, Sangral M, Kardam P. Effect of structured supervised yoga on stress, anxiety, and depression during a pandemic situation among the population of an urban resettlement colony of Delhi: A quasi-experimental study. Yoga Mimamsa. 2022 Jul 1;54(2):78.
  9. Misra P, Kant S, Guleria R, Ahmad M, Mandal S, Chaturvedi PK et al. Test concordance of three serological assays for detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody: Result from a population-based sero-epidemiological study in Delhi.
  10. Malhotra S, Kant S, Kumar R, Ahamed F, Mandal S, Arjun MC, Misra P et al. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Among Pregnant Women Attending Ante-natal Clinic at a Secondary Care Health Facility in Haryana, India. Cureus. 2022 May 29;14(5).
  11. Dadhwal V, Sagar R, Choudhary V, Kant S, Perumal V, Misra P et al. A Single-Arm Pilot Study of Multicomponent Psychoeducational Intervention for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety in a Rural Community. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2022 Mar 14:02537176211072690.
  12. Misra P, Kant S, Guleria R, Rai S, Jaiswal A, Mandal S et al. Antibody response to SARS-CoV2 among COVID-19 confirmed cases, and correlates with neutralizing assay in a subgroup of patients in Delhi National Capital Region, India. medRxiv. 2022 Jan 1.
  13. Kamble B, Rath RS, Misra P, Rai SK, Kant S. Prevalence of depression and health related quality of life among patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension attending a secondary care hospital in district Faridabad, Haryana. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2022 Jan 1;34(1).
  14. Misra P, Kant S, Guleria R, Rai SK, Jaiswal A, Mandal S et al. Antibody Response to SARS-CoV2 among COVID-19 Confirmed Cases and Correlates with Neutralizing Assay in a Subgroup of Patients in Delhi National Capital Region, India. Vaccines 2022, 10, 1312. 
  15. Misra P, Sharma G, Tandon N, Kant S, Sangral M, Rai SK et al. Effect of community-based structured yoga program on hba1c level among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: An interventional study. International Journal of Yoga. 2021 Sep;14(3):222.
  16. Misra P, Malhotra S, Sharma N, Misra MC, Vij A, Pandav CS. Awareness about brain death and attitude towards organ donation in a rural area of Haryana, India. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2021 Aug;10(8):3084.
  17. Misra P, Kant S, Misra A, Jha S, Kardam P, Thakur N et al. A community based randomized controlled trial to see the effect of vitamin d supplementation on development of diabetes among women with prediabetes residing in a rural community of Northern India. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2021 Aug;10(8):3122.
  18. Misra P, Malhotra S, Sharma N, Misra MC, Vij A, Pandav CS. A qualitative approach to understand the knowledge, beliefs, and barriers toward organ donation in a rural community of Haryana-A community based cross-sectional study. Indian Journal of Transplantation. 2021 Jan 1;15(1):19.
  19. Misra P, Malhotra S, Sharma N, Misra MC, Vij A, Pandav CS. A qualitative approach to understand the knowledge, beliefs, and barriers toward organ donation in a rural community of Haryana-A community based cross-sectional study. Indian Journal of Transplantation. 2021 Jan 1;15(1):19.
  20. Kant S, Lohiya A, Rai SK, Misra P, Venkatesh S. Non-participation of female sex workers in HIV sentinel surveillance 2017 in the central zone, and its effect on observed HIV prevalence rate. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2020 Jul 1;64(3):248.
  21. Kant S, Rai SK, Jha S, Thakur N, Misra P, Goswami K. Site preparedness and quality of HIV sentinel surveillance at antenatal care clinic sites in India, 2019. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2020 Apr 1;64(5):4.
  22. Rai SK, Jha S, Misra P. Empowering public health leadership in India. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2020 Jul 1;64(3):207.
  23. Misra P. The epidemiologist and the pandemic. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2020 Jan 2;32.
  24. Mandal S, Misra P, Sharma G, Sagar R, Kant S, Dwivedi SN et al. Effect of Structured Yoga Program on Stress and Professional Quality of Life Among Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Delhi—A Small Scale Phase-II Trial. Journal of Evidence-based Integrative Medicine. 2021 Feb 9;26:2515690X21991998.
  25. Madasu S, Malhotra S, Kant S, Sagar R, Mishra AK, Misra P, et al. Anxiety disorders among adolescents in a rural area of Northern India using screen for child anxiety-related emotional disorders tool: a community-based study. Indian Journal of Community Medicine: Official Publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine. 2019 Oct;44(4):317.
  26. Siddaiah A, Kant S, Haldar P, Rai SK, Misra P. Maternal health care access among migrant women labourers in the selected brick kilns of district Faridabad, Haryana: mixed method study on equity and access. International journal for equity in health. 2018 Dec;17(1):1-1.
  27. Misra P, Singh AK, Kant S, Srivastava R, Palepu S, Kardam P, et al. Glycaemic control among adults with self-reported diabetes in health and demographic surveillance site (HDSS) of rural North India. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. 2019 Oct;39(4):707-14.
  28. Thakur JS, Kathirvel S, Paika R, Dhirar N, Nangia R, Kunjan K, et al. World NCD Federation guidelines for prevention, surveillance and management of noncommunicable diseases at primary and secondary health-care for low resource settings. International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases. 2020 Aug 1;5(5):1.
  29. Misra P, Salve HR, Srivastava R, Kant S, Krishnan A. Adherence to medications among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 at Ballabgarh HDSS: A Community Based Study. Indian Journal of Community & Family Medicine| Vol. 2017 Jul;3(02).
  30. Misra P, Singh AK, Archana S, Lohiya A, Kant S. Relationship between body mass index and percentage of body fat, estimated by bio-electrical impedance among adult females in a rural community of North India: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 2019 Jul;65(3):134.
  31. Madasu S, Malhotra S, Kant S, Sagar R, Mishra AK, Misra P, et al. Prevalence and determinants of anxiety disorders among adolescents in a rural community from northern India. Asian journal of psychiatry. 2019 Jun 1;43:137-42.
  32. Singh AK, Kant S, Abdulkader RS, Lohiya A, Silan V, Nongkynrih B, Misra P, et al. Prevalence and correlates of sexual health disorders among adult men in a rural area of North India: An observational study. Journal of family medicine and primary care. 2018 May;7(3):515.
  33. Rath R, Krishnan A, Nongkynrih B, Misra P. Assessment of implementation status of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) and its awareness among residents in a block of Haryana. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2018 Apr 1;62(2):100.
  34. Misra P. Organ Donation-Community based perceptions, its enabling and disabling factors in a community of rural north India. In13th IEA SEA Meeting and ICPH-SDev 2018 Jul 23.
  35. Rath RS, Krishnan A, Nongkynrih B, Misra P. Awareness and implementation of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act in selected communities in Northern India. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2018;16(February).
  36. Rath R, Krishnan A, Nongkynrih B, Misra P. Community environment and its relationship with tobacco use in selected North Indian communities. International journal of noncommunicable diseases. 2018 Jan 1;3(1):21.
  37. Misra P, Salve HR, Srivastava R, Kant S, Krishnan A. Adherence to medications among patients with diabetes mellitus (Type 2) at ballabgarh health and demographic surveillance system: A community based study. Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine. 2018 Jan 1;4(1):24.
  38. Misra P, Majumdar A, Misra MC, Kant S, Gupta SK, Gupta A, Kumar S. Epidemiological study of patients of road traffic injuries attending emergency department of a trauma center in New Delhi. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine: Peer-reviewed, Official Publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. 2017 Oct;21(10):678.
  39. Rai SK, Kant S, Srivastava R, Gupta P, Misra P, Pandav CS, et al. Causes of and contributors to infant mortality in a rural community of North India: evidence from verbal and social autopsy. BMJ open. 2017 Aug 1;7(8):e012856.
  40. Lohiya A, Kant S, Kapil A, Gupta SK, Misra P, Rai SK. Population-based estimate of urinary stones from Ballabgarh, northern India. The National medical journal of India. 2017 Jul 1;30(4):198-200.
  41. Misra P, Srivastava R, Misra A, Kant S, Kardam P, Vikram NK. Vitamin D status of adult females residing in Ballabgarh health and demographic surveillance system: A community-based study. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2017 Jul 1;61(3):194.
  42. Saluja T, Palkar S, Misra P, Gupta M, Venugopal P, Sood AK, et al. Live attenuated tetravalent (G1-G4) bovine-human reassortant rotavirus vaccine (BRV-TV): Randomized, controlled phase III study in Indian infants. Vaccine. 2017 Jun 16;35(28):3575-81.
  43. Jacob OM, Misra P. Underlying spirituality and mental health: the role of burnout. Journal of occupational health. 2017 May 20;59(3):309-.
  44. Misra P, Salve HR, Srivastava R, Kant S, Krishnan A. Adherence to treatment among hypertensive individuals in a rural population of North India. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2017 Apr 1;29(2).
  45. Kant S, Malhotra S, Singh AK, Haldar P, Kaur R, Misra P, et al. Prevalence of neural tube defects in a rural area of north india from 2001 to 2014: A population‐based survey. Birth defects research. 2017 Feb 15;109(3):203-10.
  46. Raj S, Misra P, Kant S. PROGRAM FOR HEALTHY EATING PRACTICES IN A RURAL COMMUNITY OF NORTH INDIA. InANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 2017 Jan 1 (Vol. 71, pp. 1262-1262). ALLSCHWILERSTRASSE 10, CH-4009 BASEL, SWITZERLAND: KARGER.
  47. Misra P, Kant S, Anand K, Rai S. To design and test efficacy of scientifically and culturally appropriate, comprehensive nutrition and health communication package for rural nulliparous married women of northern India to address aw. In ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 2017 Jan 1 (Vol. 71, pp. 1237-1238). ALLSCHWILERSTRASSE 10, CH-4009 BASEL, SWITZERLAND: KARGER.

 

Book Chapters

  • Xirasagar S., Misra Puneet. Global health and Health Systems, India’s Health System, in Johnson, J.A. and Stoskopf C.H. (Editors) Comparative Health Systems, global Perspective. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, Boston, MA. – published 2009, pages 237-258
  • Misra Puneet, Yadav Kapil, Sharma Neelam, Xirasagar Sudha, India’s Health System in Johnson James A, Stoskopf Carleen, Shi Leiyu (Editors) Comparative Health Systems, global Perspective. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, Boston, MA. pages 401-424 – published 2017, ISBN-13: 978-1284111736 , ISBN-10: 1284111733
  • Chapter on Covid Vaccines in book “Post-COVID Clinical Issues And Management” published by ‎ CBS PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS PVT LTD, ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9390619777 , ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9390619771, Published in 2022

 

Research projects as PI or Co investigator in recent years:

 Was PI and Co PI in more than 50 studies funded by various organisations including Govt of india, WHO, Unicef, few of recent studies are

  • Principal Investigator – Effect of Structured Yoga Program on stress, well-being and its selected biomarkers at community level in an urban resettlement colony ofDelhi
  • Principal Investigator – Effect of structured yoga program on stress among frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Principal Investigator – “Situational Analysis of Health Care Facility and Community Preparedness for Implementing Govt. of India Guidelines for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, (An ICMR Task Force Study)”
  • Principal Investigator – A Multi-Centric Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Population-Based Age-Stratified Sero-Epidemiological Study (In Urban, Rural and Tribal Communities At Selected Centers In India: A Prospective Study) WHO funded
  • Principal Investigator – Effect of structured yoga program on hypertension, diabetes, stress and wellness in a community setting, its feasibility and long term sustainability
  • Principal Investigator A Prospective, Multicentre, Randomized, Double Blind, Parallel Group, Phase III Study Comparing Immunogenicity, Safety, and Tolerability of Single Dose of Hepatitis A (Live) Vaccine, Freeze-dried from Sinopharm versus BiovacTM-A (Freeze-dried Live Attenuated Hepatitis A Vaccine) from Wockhardt in Healthy Indian Children
  • Co Investigator - An Adaptive, Seamless Phase 1, Followed by Phase 2 Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of the Whole-Virion Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (BBV152) in Healthy Volunteers
  • Co Investigator - An Event-Driven, Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, Immunogenicity, and Lot-to-Lot consistency of BBV152, a Whole Virion Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Adults ≥ 18 Years of Age
  • Co Investigator - Prevalence of GDM among pregnant woman attending ANC clinic in a secondary care health facility in Haryana India- a hospital based study.
  • Co Investigator - Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in the Postpartum Period: Prevalence, Psycho-Social Correlates and Effect on Mother-Infant Bonding
  • Co Investigator- Operational research trainings project funded by ICMR
  •  Co Investigator A Phase II/III, Open Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of the Whole-Virion Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (COVAXIN®) in Healthy Volunteers ages ≤ 18 to ≥2 Years.
  • Co Investigator – Anemia Research for NCEAR
  • Co Investigator – HIV Sentinel Surveillance NI and RI
  • Guide and co guide in more than 25 MD Thesis at AIIMS

 

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