Staff Profile

Educational Qualification

M.Sc. & PhD (Statistics)

Personal Statement

I am working as a Scientist C (Biostatistics) with experience in statistical analysis, study design, and data management for biomedical and public health research. I have served as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator in multiple research projects related to tuberculosis, leprosy, population health surveys, behavioral interventions, and diagnostic evaluation. My research interests include biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical trials, infectious disease research, and data-driven public health.

Research Focus

• 1. Biostatistics and Medical Statistics
• 2. Survival Analysis & Modelling
• 3. Clinical Trial Design and Statistical Analysis
• 4. Diagnostic Accuracy Studies
• 5. Predictive Modelling and Machine Learning
• 6. Public Health Analytics
• 7. Multivariable Regression and Modelling
• 8. Data Management, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control (QA/QC)

Ongoing projects as Principal investigator

1. A Case-Control Study Assessing the Factors Influencing Disability and Mental Health Among Leprosy Patients Visiting Tertiary Care Facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Significant Publications

1. Awasthi S, Kumar D, Mishra N, Agarwal M, Pandey CM. Effectiveness of various communication strategies for improving childhood pneumonia case management: a community based behavioral open labeled trial in rural Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. BMC Public Health. 2019 Dec 23;19(1):1721. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-8050-0. PMID: 31870334; PMCID PMC6929504.

2. Awasthi S, Pandey CM, Verma T, Mishra N; Lucknow CAP Group. Incidence of community acquired pneumonia in children aged 2-59 months of age in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India, in 2016: An indirect estimation. PLoS One. 2019 Mar 20;14(3): e0214086. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214086. PMID: 30893356; PMCID: PMC6426182.

3. Awasthi S, Rastogi T, Mishra N, et al Chest radiograph findings in children aged 2–59 months hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia, prior to the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in India: a prospective multisite observational study BMJ Open 2020;10: e034066. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034066

4. Jain, A., Mishra, N., & Pandey, C. M. (2017). A study to assess patient satisfaction in outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in north India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 3(1), 328–334. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20151586 IF: 2.64

5. Goyal, A., Mishra, N., & Dwivedi, S. (2017). A comparative study of morbidity pattern among rural and urban postmenopausal women of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 5(2), 670–677. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20170172 IF:2.27

6. Verma V, Mishra N. A study on multi-morbidity among geriatric group in a district of Northern India: A cross-sectional study. Int J Med Public Health. 2019;9(4):137–140.

7. Mishra N, Misra S. Socioeconomic inequalities and factors contributing to under-five mortality in Uttar Pradesh: A decomposition analysis. J Biom Biostat. 2022; 13:141. doi:10.37421/2155-6180.2022.13.141.

8. Mishra N, Misra S. Estimation of average survival time among under-five children in Empowered Action Group states of India: An application of non-parametric survival models. Indian J Public Health Res Dev. 2019;10(9). doi:10.5958/0976-5506.2019.02397.0.

9. Verma V, Prakash S, Parveen K, Shaikh S, Mishra N. A comparative study of morbidity pattern in elderly of rural and urban areas of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2016;3(5):1152–1156. doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161375.

10. Goyal, A., Mishra, N., & Dwivedi, S. (2017). Nutritional status and health seeking behavior of postmenopausal women: A cross sectional study in North India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 4(12), 4644–4649. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20175344

Research Profiles