Debarati Guha-Sapir (born in Kolkata, India) is an Indian

epidemiologist Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and risk factor, determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decision ...

and

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

researcher based in Belgium. She is the director of the

Université catholique de Louvain The Université catholique de Louvain (also known as the Catholic University of Louvain, the English translation of its French name, and the University of Louvain, its official English name) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It ...

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) is a research unit of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain). It is part of the School of Public Health located on the UCLouvain Brussels Woluwe campus, in Brussels, Belgium. CRED has ...

Early life and education

Guha-Sapir holds a BA with honors in

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...

from the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...

(1974), a

M.S. A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...

epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...

and

biostatistics Biostatistics (also known as biometry) are the development and application of statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experime ...

from

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

(1977) and a

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

and

preventive medicine Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, consists of measures taken for the purposes of disease prevention.Hugh R. Leavell and E. Gurney Clark as "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical and mental hea ...

from the

(1991).

Career

Guha-Sapir has been the director of the

since 1992, when founder Michel F. Lechat retired. She previously held a position as an adjunct professor at

Tulane University School of Medicine The Tulane University School of Medicine is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and is a part of Tulane University. The school is located in the Medical District of the New Orleans Central Business District. History The school was ...

. Her research interests and specialties include

climate security Climate security refers to the national and international security risks induced, directly or indirectly, by changes in climate patterns. It is a concept that summons the idea that climate-related change amplifies existing risks in society that ...

social determinants of health The social determinants of health (SDOH) are the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status. They are the health promoting factors found in one's living and working conditions (such as the d ...

civil conflict A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

and

natural disasters A natural disaster is "the negative impact following an actual occurrence of natural hazard in the event that it significantly harms a community". A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property, and typically leaves some econo ...

, and

child mortality Child mortality is the mortality of children under the age of five. The child mortality rate, also under-five mortality rate, refers to the probability of dying between birth and exactly five years of age expressed per 1,000 live births. It en ...

and health. In addition to her academic work, Guha-Sapir was also a member of the '' Lancet''-

AUB Aub () is a city in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated southeast of Würzburg, and northwest of Rothenburg ob der Tauber and, nearby the border of Baden-Württemberg. The river Gollach is the main body of water. Au ...

Commission on Syria, and of the selection committee for the 2017 King Baudouin African Development Prize. Since 2019, she has been a member of the '' Lancet''–SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality, chaired by

Tarja Halonen Tarja Kaarina Halonen (; born 24 December 1943) is a Finnish politician who served as the 11th president of Finland, and the first woman to hold the position, from 2000 to 2012. She first rose to prominence as a lawyer with the Central Organisati ...

Recognition

In 2009 Guha-Sapir won the

Peter Safar Peter Safar (12 April 19242 August 2003) was an Austrian anesthesiologist of Czech descent. He is credited with pioneering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Early life Safar was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1924 into a medical family. His fathe ...

Award for Services to Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. *

Blue Planet Prize The recognises outstanding efforts in scientific research or applications of science that contribute to solving global environmental problems. The prize was created by the Asahi Glass Foundation in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, and ...

(2023)

Personal life

Guha-Sapir lives in Brussels. She is married to Belgian economist Andre Sapir.

Selected publications

Books (Monographs)

# Borde, Alexandre, Indhira Santos, and Debarati Guha-Sapir. 2013. ‘�
The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters.
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Journal articles

# Rodriguez-Llanes, Jose M., Debarati Guha-Sapir, Benjamin-Samuel Schlüter, and Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks (2018)
Epidemiological findings of major chemical attacks in the Syrian war are consistent with civilian targeting: a short report
‘‘ Conflict and Health’’. 12 (16). # van Loenhout, Joris Adriaan Frank, Tefera Darge Delbiso, Anna Kiriliouk, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Llanes, Johan Segers, and Debarati Guha-Sapir (2018)
Heat and emergency room admissions in the Netherlands
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BMC Public Health ''BMC Public Health'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal that covers epidemiology of disease and various aspects of public health. The journal was established in 2001 and is published by BioMed Central. Abstracting and indexing Th ...

’’. 18 (108). # van Loenhout, Joris Adriaan Frank, Julita Gil Cuesta, Jason Echavez Abello, Debarati Guha-Sapir (2018)
The impact of Typhoon Haiyan on admissions in two hospitals in Eastern Visayas, Philippines
‘‘ PLOS One’’. 13 (1). # Guha-Sapir, Debarati, Benjamin Schlüter, Jose Manuel Rodriguez Llanes, Louis Lillywhite, Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks (2017)
Patterns of civilian and child deaths due to war-related violence in Syria: a comparative analysis from the Violation Documentation Center dataset, 2011–16
‘‘

The Lancet ''The Lancet'' is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind. It is also the world's highest-impact academic journal. It was founded in England in 1823. The journal publishes original research articles, ...

’’. 6 (1). # Guha-Sapir, Debarati, Ruwan Ratnayake (2009)
Consequences of Ongoing Civil Conflict in Somalia: Evidence for Public Health Responses
‘‘ PLOS One’’. 6 (8). # Guha-Sapir, Debarati, Willem G. Van Panhuis, Joel Lagoutte (2007)
Short communication: Patterns of chronic and acute diseases after natural disasters - A study from the International Committee of the Red Cross field hospital in Banda Aceh after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
‘‘Tropical Medicine & International Health’’. 12 (11): 1338-41. # Guha-Sapir, Debarati and Olivier Degomme (2006)
Counting the Deaths in Darfur: Estimating Mortality from Multiple Survey Data
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Households in Conflict Network
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References

External links

CRED Credibility comprises the Objectivity (philosophy), objective and Subjectivism (philosophy), subjective components of the believability of a source or message. Credibility dates back to Aristotle theory of Rhetoric. Aristotle defines rhetoric ...

staff: https://www.cred.be/staff * Debarati Guha-Sapir at the European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/archives/greenweek2009/bio/bio-guha-sapir.html * Debarati Guha-Sapir on

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