Dr. Abhaya Indrayan
Born (1945-11-11) 11 November 1945 (age 78)
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
India
NationalityIndian
Other namesA. Indrayan
OccupationProfessor
Known forHis work on medical biostatistics
Spousemarried
Children2

Abhaya Indrayan (born 11 November 1945) is an Indian professor and researcher of Biostatistics. He had worked with different organizations and universities, including Delhi University College of Medical Sciences and the World Health Organization.

Abhaya resides in Delhi NCR, India after his retirement. He is married and has two children.

Early life and education

Abhaya Indrayan was born on 11 November 1945, in Meerut, India. He was born during the time that India was fighting for its freedom from the British rule. That was the reason why his father, who was a freedom fighter, was jailed repeatedly for long periods.

Abhaya took his early education in Meerut from N.A.S. Inter. College and Meerut College. In 1977, he received his master's degree and Doctoral degree[1] from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Career

Abhaya Indrayan was the founding Professor and Head of the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics[2] in Delhi University College of Medical Sciences. In 1995, his department was set up as an independent division, and was upgraded to a full department in 2005.[2]

During his tenure in the college since 1979, he had been the Sports Adviser, Coordinator of Medical Education Unit,[3] Chairman Computer Committee, Convenor Souvenir Committee, Incharge Annual Reports and held several other important assignments. He also taught online courses for the students of Institute of Statistics Education in Arlington County, Virginia.

He has more than 200 publications to his credit,[4] including the books Medical Biostatistics[5] and Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals.[6] A partial list of his publications appears at the website of Indian Academy of Sciences.[7] Among his other significant works are: smoking index[8] at Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive of Berkeley Electronic Press, which is among the top 5 downloads;[9] and estimates and projections of cardiovascular and diabetes cases in India,[10] which are quoted in the Government of India's official estimates at National Health Profile.[11]

He stayed in the institution until retiring in 2010, wherein he attained the age of 65.

Achievements

Abhaya Indrayan collaborated with the World Health Organization for several projects including National Burden of Disease Studies: a Practical Guide,[12] Teaching Health Statistics,[13] and 11 Health Questions about the 11 SEAR Countries,[14] and served as Temporary Adviser to their Bi-Regional Consultation.[15] He was a technical editor of their biregional report Health in Asia and the Pacific[16] and participated in their debate on Health Systems Performance Assessment.[17] He has completed 32 assignments for the World Health Organization, 3 for the World Bank, 3 for UNAIDS and 2 for Danish Assistance to the National Program for Prevention and Control of Blindness. He has proposed Statistical Medicine [18] as a new emerging medical specialty.

Honors and awards

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, Graduation Year: 1975–1979". Archived from the original on 16 December 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Department of Biostatistics, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi". Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ^ "University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi University, Medical Education Unit". Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Publications". Indrayan personal website. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Medical Biostatistics, CRC Press". Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals, CRC Press". Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Publication of Fellows, Indian Academy of Sciences". Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  8. ^ Indrayan, Abhaya (6 November 2008). "A simple index of smoking". Cobra Preprint Series. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Author Dashboard, Berkeley Electronic Press". Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Forecasting vascular disease cases and associated mortality in India, Background Papers, Burden of Disease in India, National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, Government of India, 2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Health Status Indicators, National Health Profile of India 2011, Government of India, pages 97 and 100" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  12. ^ "National Burden of Disease Studies: A Practical Guide, Edition 2.0, World Health Organization, 2001, page iii" (PDF). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Teaching Health Statistics: Lesson and Seminar Outlines, World Health Organization, 1999, page viii" (PDF). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  14. ^ 11 Health Questions about 11 SEAR Countries, World Health Organization, SEARO, 1999. WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia. 2007. hdl:10665/204719. ISBN 9789290222477. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Report on Regional Consultation and Technical Workshop on Health Systems Performance Assessment, WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 18–21 June 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Health in Asia and the Pacific, World Health Organization, South East Asia Region and Western Pacific Region, 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  17. ^ Murray, Christopher J. L. (2003). "Health Systems Performance Assessment: Debates, Methods and Empiricism (eds. CJL Murray and DB Evans), World Health Organization, SEARO, 1999". hdl:10665/42735. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  18. ^ Indrayan, A. (October 2017). "Statistical Medicine". Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 63 (4): 252–256. doi:10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_189_17. PMC 5664870. PMID 29022563. S2CID 5395045.
  19. ^ "Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences". Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Fellowship, Royal Statistical Society, login required". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  21. ^ "List of Fellows - NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  22. ^ "Medical Informatics: Special Interest Group Set up by CSI appearing in NISSAT Newsletter No 2, 1994, pages 39–40" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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