Praveen Kumar Durgampudi, MBBS, MPH, MSPH, EPH

Clinical Associate Professor, Department Chair of Public Health Practice, Director of Online Programs

Summary

Dr. Durgampudi holds a medical degree and public health master degree. In July 2002, he received a medical degree from NTR University of Health Sciences. In addition to this, Dr. Durgampudi also completed a Master of Public Health degree with a specialization in European Public Health from University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. The completed coursework includes, medicine, surgery and obstetrics and gynecology along with health promotion, health protection, health needs assessment, planning and economic evaluation, epidemiology, research methods and statistics, health technology assessment and pharmaco-economics, among others. In addition to these academic accomplishments, Dr. Durgampudi also possesses professional experience such as graduate-level public health teaching, extensive experience in student advising and mentoring community-based research and various public health service experiences.

Selected publications

  • Claiborne DM, Durgampudi P, Dumadag A, Hawkins E, Laverdure P, Yaroch-Meeker A, Kraj B, Wilson A, Akpinar-Elci M. Health Profession Students' Interprofessional Socialization and Values Toward a College-based Virtual Interprofessional Education Activity. Journal of Allied Health 2023.52(4):243-249.
  • Al-Sabah R, Al-Taiar A, Shaban L, Albatineh AN, Sharaf Alddin R, Durgampudi PK. Vitamin D level in relation to depression symptoms during adolescence. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health. 2022 Jun 27;16(1):53.
  • Claiborne DM, Durgampudi PK, Patel PT, Akpinar‐Elci M. Dental hygiene and public health students’ perception of an online interprofessional education applied learning activity. Journal of Dental Education. 2021 Nov;85(11):1756-64.
  • Alsuliman MA, Alotaibi SA, Zhang Q, Durgampudi PK. A systematic review of factors associated with uncontrolled diabetes and meta‐analysis of its prevalence in Saudi Arabia since 2006. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 2021 Mar;37(3):e3395.
  • Alotaibi SA, Alsuliman MA, Durgampudi PK. Smoking tobacco prevalence among college students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2019;17.
  • Akpinar-Elci M, Bidaisee S, Durgampudi P, Radix R, Rodriquez-Guzman J, Nguyen MT, et al. Needlestick injury prevention training among health care workers in the Caribbean. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2018;42:e93. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.93.
  • Cramer, R.J., Burks, A.C., Plöderl, M., Durgampudi, P. 2017. Minority Stress Model Components and Affective Well-Being in a Sample of HIV-Positive Sexual Orientation Minority Adults. AIDS Care. 2017 Dec;29(12):1517-1523. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1327650.
  • Durgampudi, P, Akkari, N., Magenta M., Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases Caribbean Perspective: Should we be worried about Chikungunya? Virginia Public Health Journal, Spring 2017; 1(1), p70- 83.
  • Hegamin-Younger, C, Plochocki, A, Chopra, N, Durgampudi, P., Husain, F. and Seckam A., Smashing babash: An evaluation of unregulated rum in Grenada, Int Public Health J 2017; 9(1) p. 67-72
  • Boggs, MM, Durgampudi, P., The impact of exposure to alcohol advertisements on adolescents: A literature review. Int Public Health J 2017; 9(1) p.13-22.
  • Basilyous, L., Durgampudi P. Child Sex abuse; Child sexual abuse in Saint Lucia. , Int Public Health J 2016;8 (3) p.365-370.
  • Krystal Austin, K., Clouden, A., Rassier, D., Durgampudi, P. HPV and cervical cancer preparedness Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer health system preparedness in Saint Lucia: A policy brief. Int Public Health J 2016;8(3) p.321-326.
  • Hegamin-Younger, C, Jeremiah, R, Durgampudi, P, Waller, J, Seckam, A., HIV transmission from IDU; The threat of HIV and hepatitis C transmission among Grenadian adolescents from injection drug use. Int Public Health J 2016;8(3) p.371-377.
  • Ahmed Pari, AA. Durgampudi, PK. Vaidya, A. Bochenek, T. “The impact of protection of the intellectual property rights on the pharmaceutical market in India”- Zeszyty Naukowe Ochrony Zdrowia. Zdrowie i Publiczne i Zarzadzanie. (English: Scientific Papers of Health Care. Public Health and Management) 2008 Feb 6(1): 52-58.
  • Ahmed Pari, AA. Chattopadhyay, K. Durgampudi, PK. Wozniak, M. “Funding of health care in India in the context of country development and overall health system goals”- Zeszyty Naukowe Ochrony Zdrowia. Zdrowie i Publiczne i Zarzadzanie. (English: Scientific Papers of Health Care. Public Health and Management) 2008 Feb 6(1): 34-41.

Books and book chapters

  • Boggs MM, Durgampudi P. Chapter 3. Alcohol Advertisements and Adolescents. In: Hegamin-Younger, C. and Merrick, J.(Eds) , 2017. Public Health: Practices, Methods and Policies; Caribbean Adolescents: Misuse and Abuse of Alcohol. 1st ed. New York: Nova Science. ISBN: 978- 1634858809.
  • Hegamin-Younger C, Plochocki A, Chopra N, Durgampudi P. Chapter 9. Babash and Unregulated Rum in Grenada. In: Hegamin-Younger, C. and Merrick, J.(Eds) , 2017. Public Health: Practices, Methods and Policies; Caribbean Adolescents: Misuse and Abuse of Alcohol. 1st ed. New York: Nova Science. ISBN: 978- 1634858809.
  • Hegamin-Younger, C. and Merrick, J., 2015. Public Health: Practices, Methods and Policies; Caribbean Adolescents: Some Public Health Concerns. 1st ed. New York: Nova Science. ISBN: 978-1634833417.
  • Austin, K., Clouden, A., Rassier, D., Durgampudi, P, 2015, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Cervical Cancer Prevention in Caribbean adolescents: Some public health concerns, Editors: Cecilia Hegamin-Younger and Joav Merrick, New York: Nova Science, ISBN: 978-1-63483-341-7.
  • Hegamin-Younger, C., Jeremiah, R., Durgampudi, P, Waller, J. and Seckam, A., 2015, Injection Drug Use and the Risk of HIV and Hepatitis C Transmission, 2015, in Caribbean adolescents: Some public health concerns, Editors: Cecilia Hegamin-Younger and Joav Merrick, New York: Nova Science, ISBN: 978-1-63483-341-7.
  • Basilyous, L. and Durgampudi, P, 2015, Child Sexual Abuse in: Caribbean adolescents: Some public health concerns, Editors: Cecilia Hegamin-Younger and Joav Merrick, New York: Nova Science, ISBN: 978-1-63483-341-7.

Professional affiliations

  • Associate Professor (Tenure-Track), Health Promotion & Health Education, School of Community and Environmental Health, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia USA.2017 – 2021.
  • Track Director, MPH – Health Promotion & Health Education, School of Community and Environmental Health, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia USA. 2017 – 2021.
  • Visiting Associate Professor and Interim Director, BSHS [Health Services Administration] Program, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia USA. 2016 – 2018.
  • Track Director, Dual degree MPH/MD – Community & Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies. 2015 – 2016.
  • Track Director, MPH – Health Policy & Administration, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies. 2010 – 2016.
  • Associate Professor, MPH – Health Policy & Administration, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies. 01/2013 – 08/2016.
  • Co-Track Director, Dual degree MPH/MD – Community & Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies. 2010 – 2015.
  • Assistant Professor, MPH – Health Policy & Management, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies. 07/2009 – 12/2012.
  • Instructor, MPH – Health Policy & Administration, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies. 05/2008 – 06/2009. 
  • Intern, National Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland. 02/2008 – 05/2008. 
  • Surveillance Medical Officer, World Health Organization (WHO/NPSP), Delhi, India. 01/2003 – 05/2006. 
  • Resident Intern, Government General Hospital, Vijayawada, India. 06/2001 – 06/2002. 

Awards and major honors

  • Upsilon Phi Delta (UPD) – Faculty Inductee – Old Dominion University - 2017 – recognizes, rewards and encourages academic excellence in the study of healthcare management and policy.
  • Eta Sigma Gamma (ESG) – Faculty Inductee – Old Dominion University - 2017 – for promotion of the discipline by elevating the standards, ideals, competence and ethics of professionally prepared men and women in Health Education.
  • Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), London, UK, 2010 RSPH is the merger of the Royal Society of Health and the Royal Institute of Public Health to help inform policy and practice, working to educate, empower and support communities and individuals to live healthy.
  • Public Health Student Appreciation Award, St George University, Grenada, 2010, 2011, 2013 This appreciation award is given by the Public Health Students association, St. George’s University, to faculty members who demonstrate evidence of helping students during the academic year.
  • Erasmus Mundus Award, European Union, 2006. A highly competitive global scholarship offered by European Union and provides scholarship opportunities within selected Universities for international higher education cooperation and mobility. 

Education

  • European Public Health [EPH], French School of Public Health (EHESP), Rennes, France. Major: European Public Health
  • Master of Science in Public Health [MSPH], Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. 2008; Major in Health Economics and Financial Management.
  • Master of Public Health [MPH], University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. 2007; Major in General Public Health.
  • Certificate in Management Training, Centers for Disease Control/ World Health Organization, Atlanta.
  • M.B.B.S., N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India.