As a health economist and public health professional with diverse experience in several specialties, I bring a unique clinical and operational lens. I have gained diverse experience in various medical specialities at both tertiary and secondary care levels in India and the UK. My areas of interest include NCDs, health ageing, Rheumatology, and infectious diseases.
As a health economist, I have trained at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I have collaborated on numerous clinical and public health projects. I am currently doing a part-time NIHR-funded PHD affiliated with the University of Sheffield, working on a health system decision model for older people’s care in the UK.
Our Health Economics team at the Centre of Public Health, CMC, seeks to provide an economic perspective to clinical care, organisational decision-making and population-based interventions. We plan to incorporate rational methods to responsible adopt and use appropriate technologies in healthcare. We aim to expand our learning, linkages, and skills by providing contextually relevant solutions for LMICs.
Publications
1. George, Tarun K., Nayana P. Nair, Awnish Kumar Singh, A. Dilesh Kumar, Arup Deb Roy, Varshini Neethi Mohan, and Gagandeep Kang. 2023. “Development of a Choice-Framework for Covid Vaccines in India Using a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Approach.†Vaccine, May. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.04.062.
2. “The Impact of Demonetisation on the Utilisation of Hospital Services, Patient Outcomes and Finances: A Multicentre Observational Study from India | BMJ Global Health.†n.d. Accessed July 10, 2021. https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/9/e002509.
3. George, Tarun, Jeromie Ballreich, Antonio Trujillo, and Gerard Anderson. 2021. “The Association Between Drug Approvals and Burden of Disease From 1990 to 2017.†Journal of General Internal Medicine, February. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06525-3.
4. George, Tarun K., Parth Sharma, Melvin Joy, Guna Seelan, Abirami Sekar, Karthik Gunasekaran, Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash, Tina George, Sudha Jasmine Rajan, and Samuel George Hansdak. 2023. “The Economic Impact of a COVID-19 Illness from the Perspective of Families Seeking Care in a Private Hospital in India.†Dialogues in Health, May, 100139.
5. John, Kevin John, Tarun K. George, Melvin Joy, Bimi John, O. C. Abraham, and Jasmine Prasad. 2023. “Costs & Outcomes of Hospitalized Scrub Typhus Infection in a Tertiary Hospital in South India.†The Indian Journal of Medical Research, July. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3917_20.
