Hi, I’m Rajesh Majumder, a PhD researcher in Biostatistics at St. John’s Research Institute, Bengaluru, India, under Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). My research journey lies at the intersection of biostatistics, epidemiology, nutrition, and population health, with a focus on using quantitative approaches to better understand health challenges and improve evidence-based decision-making.

My primary research focuses on child growth, nutritional epidemiology, and population-level assessment of health risks. During my doctoral research, I have worked on developing improved approaches for evaluating child and adolescent growth, including anthropometric growth references, alternative obesity-related measures, and cardiometabolic risk indicators using large-scale health datasets. Through this work, I aim to contribute to a better understanding of early-life health, nutritional status, and factors influencing long-term health outcomes.

I have experience working with nationally representative health surveys and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams from organisations including the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), World Bank, and Health Effects Institute (HEI). My research exposure extends across child health, nutrition, disease burden estimation, and environmental epidemiology, including studying the impact of environmental exposures such as PM2.5 air pollution on cardiovascular health outcomes.

I completed my undergraduate degree in Statistics from Acharya Prafulla Chandra College (affiliated with West Bengal State University) and my master’s degree in Statistics from West Bengal State University. My methodological interests include epidemiological methods, causal inference, regularized regression, hierarchical and mixed-effects models, missing data methodology, and machine learning approaches for health research.

My future research interests include developing integrative approaches that combine epidemiological, molecular, genetic, and environmental data to better understand the complex pathways influencing child growth, nutritional health, and population health outcomes.

Beyond my academic and professional pursuits, I enjoy music and creative activities, including singing, composing, and playing the harmonica and guitar.

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