Sharada Prasad Wasti

Dr Sharada Prasad Wasti PGDip, MHCM, MSc and PhD

Senior Lecturer in Public Health

Dr. Wasti is currently a Senior Lecturer in Public Health in the School of Human Sciences Since November 2022.

Sharada is a global health researcher, who has experience working in academic research and teaching in Nepal and the UK. He has completed MSc in International Health and Management from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and a PhD in Public Health from the University of Sheffield, England. His doctoral research examined the adherence to an antiretroviral treatment program in Nepal: Mixed-methods research.

Sharada has experience with teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Public Health, Nursing and Health Management and had supervised over five dozen MSc-level students in several public health and healthcare management-related research projects in Nepal and the UK. Besides teaching, Sharada has worked and managed more than dozens of health research projects and continues providing technical support to several public and private health research and program implementation organisations in Nepal.

At the University of Greenwich, Sharada is teaching the BSC in Public Health and MSc in Global Health and Global Health Management courses.

Post held previously:

  • 2020-2022 - Senior Research Fellow (MRC funded - Federalisation on Nepal's Health System Research Project), School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK
  • 2019-2020 - Senior Research Fellow (GCRF-funded Migration Health Research Project), University of Sussex, UK (Based in Kathmandu, Nepal)
  • 2015-2020 – Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Management (Part-time), National Open College (Affiliated to Pokhara University), Lalitpur, Nepal
  • 2015-2018 - Research, M&E Advisor (USAID funded Fertility Awareness for the Community Transformation Intervention Project), Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Based in Save the Children Nepal, Kathmandu)
  • 2013-2015 - Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor (The World Bank funded Targeted Intervention HIV Program), FHI 360 (INGO), Nepal
  • 2010-2013 - Teaching Assistant (PhD Tenure), School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, UK
  • 2005-2006 - Lecturer in Healthcare Management, National Open College (Affiliated to Pokhara University), Lalitpur, Nepal

Public health

Responsibilities within the university
  • Senior lecturer in Public Health and Module Leader for BSc in Public Health and MSc in Global Health Management various modules
  • Dissertation supervisor to undergraduate and postgraduate students
  • Personal tutor - MSc in Global Public Health Students

Recognition
Received:
  • Nepal ‘Biddhya Bhusan Ka’, a highly prestigious academic award from the President of Nepal, in 2013
Honorary Positions:
  • Visiting Fellow (November 2022 to October 2025), University of Huddersfield, UK
  • Visiting Faculty (October 2020 to date) Healthcare Management, National Open College (affiliated with Pokhara University), Nepal
Recognition:
  • Mater thesis examiner at National Open College (Affiliated with Pokhara University), Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Master thesis examiner at the Institute of Crisis Management Studies ( Affiliated with Tribhuwan University), Kathmandu, Nepal
Academic Editor:
  • Journal of PLOS ONE
  • Journal of Frontiers in Public Health Policy
Reviewer for Multiple Journals:
  • BMC Public Health, BMJ Global Health, J Globalization and Health, J Healthcare/Vaccine, Europasian J Med Sci, J. Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care; J Sexual Health, Global J Health Science, International J Healthcare Management, J Health Promotion and Health Education
Professional Body/Membership:
  • Fellow, Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH)
  • Member, Health Research Network for Migrant Workers in Asia
  • Member, Migration Health and Development Research Initiative (MHADRI) Network
  • Member, Britain Nepal Academic Council (BNAC)

Research / Scholarly interests

Sharada is interested in research that is specific to the global health and healthcare management arena:

  • Health system strengthening in LMICs
  • Healthcare/hospital management in LMICs
  • Health issues among migrant’s/left behind families (ethnic minority)
  • Sexual reproductive health - fertility awareness, family planning, HIV/AIDS
  • Adherence to medication - antiretroviral/TB

Methodology: Mixed-methods research, participatory methodology (co-production/co-design/co-creation), systematic review & metanalysis.

Recent publications

Article

Sapkota, Sujata , Rushton, Simon, van Teijlingen, Edwin, Subedi, Madhusudan , Balen, Julie , Gautam, Sujan , Adhikary, Pratik , Simkhada, Padam , Wasti, Sharada Prasad , Karki, Jiban K. (2024), Participatory policy analysis in health policy and systems research: reflections from a study in Nepal. BMC - World Health Organization. In: , , , . BMC - World Health Organization, Health Research Policy and Systems, 22 (7) . pp. 1-15 1478-4505 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-01092-5).

Wasti, Sharada Prasad , van Teijlingen, Edwin, Simkhada, Padam, Rushton, Simon , Balen, Julie , Subedi, Madhusudan , Karki, Jiban , Adhikary, Pratik , Sapkota, Sujata , Gautam, Sujan (2023), Selection of study sites and participants for research into Nepal’s Federal Health System. World Health Organization (WHO) - Regional Office for South-East Asia. In: , , , . World Health Organization (WHO) - Regional Office for South-East Asia, WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health, 12 (2) . pp. 116-119 ISSN: 2224-3151 (Print), 2304-5272 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/WHO-SEAJPH.WHO-SEAJPH_169_22).

Wasti, Sharada Prasad , van Teijlingen, Edwin, Rushton, Simon, Subedi, Madhusudan , Simkhada, Padam , Balen, Julie (2023), Overcoming the challenges facing Nepal’s health system during federalisation: an analysis of health system building blocks. BMC - World Health Organization. In: , , , . BMC - World Health Organization, Health Research Policy and Systems, 21: 117 . pp. 1-16 1478-4505 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-01033-2).

Wasti, Sharada Prasad , Shrestha, Ayushka, Atteraya, Madhu Sudhan, GC, Vijay Singh (2023), Migrant workers' health-related research in Nepal: a bibliometric study. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Dialogues in Health, 3: 100147 . pp. 1-9 2772-6533 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100147).

Wasti, Sharada Prasad , Shrestha, Ayushka, Dhakal, Puspa, GC Singh, Vijay (2023), The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding practice in the first six months of life and its associated factors in Nepal: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 37: 100863 ISSN: 1877-5756 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100863).

Sigdel, Bina , Jin, Yan, Dhakal, Pushpa, Luitel, Tika , Ghimire, Pushpa Kumari , Wasti, Sharada Prasad (2023), Factors affecting on compliance of childhood immunization in Ilam District of Nepal: a case-control study. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Dialogues in Health, 2: 100140 . pp. 1-7 ISSN: 2772-6533 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100140).

Paudyal, Priyamvada , Wasti, Sharada Prasad, Pimala, Pimala, Kulasabanathan, Kavian , Silwal, Ram Chandra , Pathak, Ram Sharan , Memon, Anjum , Watts, Carol , Sapkota, Jiblal , Ale Magar, Sudip (2023), Health and wellbeing of Nepalese migrant workers in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: a mixed-methods study. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Migration and Health, 7: 100178 . pp. 1-8 2666-6235 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2023.100178).

Mahato, Preeti , Tamang, Pasang, Simkhada, Bibha, Wasti, Sharada Prasad , Devkota, Bhimsen , Simkhada, Padam , van Teijlingen, Edwin R. (2022), Reflections on health promotion fieldwork in Nepal: trials and tribulations. Health Education Network (HEAN). In: , , , . Health Education Network (HEAN), Journal of Health Promotion, 10 (1) . pp. 5-12 ISSN: 2631-2441 (Print), 2822-1591 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3126/jhp.v10i1.50978).

Khanal, Ashok , GC, Sulochan, Panthee, Suresh, Paudel, Atmika , Ghimire, Rakesh , Neupane, Garima , Gaire, Amrit , Sitaula, Rukmini , Bhattarai, Suman , Khadka, Shubhechchha (2022), Fear, risk perception, and engagement in preventive behaviors for COVID-19 during nationwide lockdown in Nepal. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Vaccines, 11: 29 (1) . pp. 1-12 2076-393X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11010029).

Regmi, Pramod , Dhakal Adhikari, Shovita, Aryal, Nirmal, Wasti, Sharada Prasad , van Teijlingen, Edwin (2022), Fear, stigma and Othering: the Impact of COVID-19 rumours on returnee migrants and Muslim populations of Nepal. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19: 8986 (15) . pp. 1-14 ISSN: 1660-4601 (Print), 1661-7827 (Online) (doi: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/15/8986).

GC, Sulochan , Khanal, Ashok, GC, Vijay S, Bhattrai, Suman , Panthee, Suresh , Khanal, Aashis , Gaire, Amrit , Poudel, Sagar , Ghimire, Rakesh , Wasti, Sharada Prasad (2022), Burden of tuberculosis and hepatitis co-infection among people living with HIV in Nepal: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CSIRO Publishing. In: , , , . CSIRO Publishing, Sexual Health, 19 (5) . pp. 406-416 ISSN: 1448-5028 (Print), 1449-8987 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/SH21216).

Simkhada, Padam , Tamang, Pasang D, Timilsina, Laxmi, Simkhada, Bibha , Bissell, Paul , van Teijlingen, Edwin , Sah, Sunil Kumar , Wasti, Sharada Prasad (2022), Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Nepali people in the UK: a qualitative study. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Vaccines, 10: 780 (5) . pp. 1-16 2076-393X (Online) (doi: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/5/780).

Wasti, Sharada Prasad , Simkhada, Padam, van Teijlingen, Edwin, Sathian, Brijesh , Banarjee, Indrajit (2022), The growing importance of mixed-methods research in health. Tribhuvan University Central Library - Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL. In: , , , . Tribhuvan University Central Library - Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL, Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 12 (1) . pp. 1175-1178 2091-0800 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3126/nje.v12i1.43633).

Shanker, Shanti , Wasti, Sharada Prasad, Ireland, Jillian, Regmi, Pramod R , Simkhada, Padam , van Teijlingen, Edwin (2021), The interdisciplinary research team not the interdisciplinarist. Nirvana Psychosocial Care Center & Research Institute. In: , , , . Nirvana Psychosocial Care Center & Research Institute, Europasian Journal of Medical Sciences, 3 (2) . pp. 1-5 ISSN: 2717-4646 (Print), 2717-4654 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.46405/ejms.v3i2.317).

Wasti, Sharada Prasad , Simkhada, Padam, Ale Magar, Sudip, van Teijlingen, Edwin (2021), Nepalese health system response to fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Nirvana Psychosocial Care Center & Research Institute. In: , , , . Nirvana Psychosocial Care Center & Research Institute, Europasian Journal of Medical Sciences, 3 (1) . pp. 98-104 ISSN: 2717-4646 (Print), 2717-4654 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.46405/ejms.v3i1.262).

Paudyal, Priyamvada , Kulasabanathan, Kavian, Cassell, Jackie A, Memon, Anjum , Simkhada, Padam , Wasti, Sharada Prasad (2020), Health and well-being issues of Nepalese migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Malaysia: a systematic review. BMJ Publishing Group. In: , , , . BMJ Publishing Group, BMJ Open, 10: e038439 . pp. 1-18 2044-6055 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038439).

Shattuck, Dominick , Wasti, Sharada Prasad, Limbu, Naramaya, Chipanta, Nokafu Sandra , Riley, Christina (2019), Men on the move and the wives left behind: the impact of migration on family planning in Nepal. Taylor & Francis - Routledge. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis - Routledge, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 27 (1) . pp. 248-261 2641-0397 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2019.1647398).

Simkhada, Rajani , Wasti, Sharada Prasad, Singh GC, Vijay, Lee, Andrew (2018), Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its associated factors in older adults: a cross-sectional study in Kathmandu, Nepal. Taylor & Francis - Routledge. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis - Routledge, Aging and Mental Health, 22 (6) . pp. 802-807 ISSN: 1360-7863 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1310803).

Simkhada, Padam , van Teijlingen, Edwin, Gurung, Manju, Wasti, Sharada Prasad (2018), A survey of health problems of Nepalese female migrants workers in the Middle-East and Malaysia. BMC - Springer Nature. In: , , , . BMC - Springer Nature, BMC International Health and Human Rights, 14 (4) 1472-698X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12914-018-0145-7).

Regmi, Pramod , Aryal, Nirmal, Kurmi, Om, Pant, Puspa raj , van Teijlingen, Edwin , Wasti, Sharada Prasad (2016), Informed consent in health research: challenges and barriers in low- and middle income countries with specific reference to Nepal. Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Developing World Bioethics, 17 (2) . pp. 84-89 ISSN: 1471-8731 (Print), 1471-8847 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/dewb.12123).

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