Parash Mani Bhandari Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Canada

Trainee working in the DEPRESSD project (https://depressd.ca), an international collaborative data platform for depression screening research set up by Dr. Andrea Benedetti and Dr. Brett D. Thombs in collaboration with local and international experts.• Prepared study protocol, conducted statistical analysis and drafted manuscript from research project for the thesis towards MSc Epidemiology degree.• Mentored an undergraduate Mitacs intern, together with Dr. Yin Wu (postdoctoral fellow) and Dr. Andrea Benedetti (supervisor).• Conducted literature search major bibliographic databases including PubMed using DistillerSR, an online systematic review management platform.• Screened and reviewed articles for inclusion in DEPRESSD databases based on predefined eligibility criteria.• Transformed raw data shared by collaborators into a uniform format in SPSS based on a standard codebook.

Kathmandu, Nepal

Medic Mobile (https://medic.org) is a San Francisco based non-profit organization that specializes in the development of open source mHealth tools for low resource settings.• Collaborated to design and deploy a randomized trial with 400 mothers to evaluate the effectiveness of SMS based reminder system for timely immunization of children, with teams from UNICEF, Shree Birendra Army Hospital and Golden Community.• Coordinated with a team of designer and technical lead in designing, devising, deploying and monitoring post-deployment of mobile based referral system from Female Community Health Volunteers for eye-health care in Rolpa, with Fred Hollows Foundation and Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology.• Monitored post-deployment of web-based monthly reporting system for cervical cancer screening in Dhangadi, with Nepal Fertility Care Centre.• Deployed mobile-based reporting system for abortion services in peripheral health facilities in Bara and Rupandehi, with Ipas Nepal.

Master'S Degree, Epidemiology

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Health