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Prabhat Jha

Officer, Order of Canada; D.Phil., MD

Scientist

Email: prabhat.jha@utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-864-6042
Twitter: @countthedead

Research Programs

Labs

Centre for Global Health Research ❯

Biography

I am the lead investigator of the Million Death Study in India which quantifies the causes of premature mortality in over three million homes from 1997-2014. We have expanded nationwide mortality studies to Sierra Leone and other countries. I also lead national COVID antibody studies in Canada (the Ab-C Study) and elsewhere.  In addition to authoring several influential publications on tobacco control, including two that helped enable a global treaty on tobacco control, now signed by over 180 countries, I am editor for the Disease Control Priorities, which examines solutions to major global health challenges. The Centre for Global Health Research focuses on cause of death statistics, application of geospatial and other statistical methods to mortality data, disease control, tobacco control and economics.

Recent Publications

  1. Norheim, OF, Chang, AY, Bolongaita, S, Barraza-Lloréns, M, Fawole, A, Gebremedhin, LT et al.. Halving premature death and improving quality of life at all ages: cross-country analyses of past trends and future directions. Lancet. 2024; :. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02417-6. PubMed PMID:39581203 .
  2. Santucci, C, Mignozzi, S, Alicandro, G, Pizzato, M, Malvezzi, M, Negri, E et al.. Trends in cancer mortality under age 50 in 15 upper-Middle and high-income countries. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024; :. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djae288. PubMed PMID:39576674 .
  3. Jamison, DT, Summers, LH, Chang, AY, Karlsson, O, Mao, W, Norheim, OF et al.. Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century. Lancet. 2024;404 (10462):1561-1614. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01439-9. PubMed PMID:39419055 .
  4. Osman, A, Aimone, A, Ansumana, R, Bogoch, I, Gelband, H, Colwill, K et al.. High SARS-CoV-2 seroincidence but low excess COVID mortality in Sierra Leone in 2020-2022. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024;4 (9):e0003411. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003411. PubMed PMID:39255307 PubMed Central PMC11386415.
  5. Carshon-Marsh, R, Bondy, S, Witek, T, Jha, P. Validation of malaria-attributed deaths using verbal autopsy studies: a systematic review. Malar J. 2024;23 (1):217. doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-05035-5. PubMed PMID:39030612 PubMed Central PMC11264987.
  6. Brown, PE, Fu, SH, Newcombe, L, Tang, X, Nagelkerke, N, Birnboim, HC et al.. Hybrid immunity from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and vaccination in Canadian adults: A cohort study. Elife. 2024;13 :. doi: 10.7554/eLife.89961. PubMed PMID:38916134 PubMed Central PMC11281784.
  7. Mhatre, SS, Bragg, F, Panse, N, Judge, PK, Manjrekar, A, Burrett, JA et al.. Cohort Profile: Indian Study of Healthy Ageing (ISHA-Barshi). Int J Epidemiol. 2024;53 (4):. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyae079. PubMed PMID:38879791 PubMed Central PMC11180225.
  8. Mekonnen, W, Mariam, DH, Meh, C, Yigezu, B, Assalif, AT, Aimone, A et al.. Child, maternal, and adult mortality in rural Ethiopia in 2019: a cross-sectional mortality survey using electronic verbal autopsies. EClinicalMedicine. 2024;71 :102573. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102573. PubMed PMID:38618200 PubMed Central PMC11015337.
  9. Jha, P, Brown, PE, Lam, T, Morawski, E, Reid, A. Excess deaths in China during SARS-CoV-2 viral waves in 2022-2023. Prev Med Rep. 2024;41 :102687. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102687. PubMed PMID:38533392 PubMed Central PMC10963212.
  10. Cho, ER, Brill, IK, Gram, IT, Brown, PE, Jha, P. Smoking Cessation and Short- and Longer-Term Mortality. NEJM Evid. 2024;3 (3):EVIDoa2300272. doi: 10.1056/EVIDoa2300272. PubMed PMID:38329816 .
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
  • Endowed Chair in Disease Control, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
  • Research Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto