Dr Arindam Basu
Position
Senior Lecturer
Senior Researcher, Health Services Assessment Collaboration (HSAC)
Qualifications
MBBS, University of Calcutta , India
MPH, East Stroudsburg University , United States
PhD (ABD), St Louis University , United States
Location (and internal mail address)
Room 225, Level 2, HSAC, Waimairi Building, Dovedale Avenue , Ilam, Christchurch
Contact Details
HSAC, University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
DDI: +64 3 345 8161 (with UC 44161)
Fax: +64 3 345 8191 (within UC 44191)
Email: arindam.basu@canterbury.ac.nz
Background
Arindam Basu is a medical doctor and an epidemiologist-health services researcher. In addition to teaching courses on research methods, he works as a senior researcher at the Health Services Assessment Collaboration (HSAC) at the University of Canterbury at Christchurch, New Zealand. Before joining Canterbury, he was working as the Associate Director of the Fogarty International Training Program in Environmental and Occupational Health at Kolkata, India.
Research Interests
Arin's primary research interests are in systematic reviews and meta analyses in the context of health services and outcomes research. His area of interest in inter-disciplinary linkage between health services research and environmental epidemiology. He has published on health impacts and determinants of Arsenic toxicity in the India, and currently edits a systematic review on middle ear pain in airplane travellers for “Clinical Evidence” – a secondary evidence based journal.
Recent Publications/Reports
Please see UC Research Profile for list of publications.