Proochista Ariana

Director of MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine, Group Head / PI, Member of congregation, Supervisor and Unit Director

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I am Course Director for the MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine. My research empirically examines the relationship between processes of development and health in resource limited and transition contexts, appreciating the multidimensionality of both.


Work Experience

Director, MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine

Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford | 2015 - Present

Deputy Director, Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership

Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford | 2017 - 2019

Educational Development Consultant

Oxford Learning Institute, University of Oxford | 2014-2015

Departmental Lecturer in Global Health and Development

Department of International Development, University of Oxford | 2008 - 2015

Director, MSc in Global Health Science

Department of Public Health, University of Oxford | 2010 - 2014

Teaching and Research Associate

Department of Public Health, University of Oxford | 2007 - 2008

Teaching and Research Assistant

Department of Public Health, University of Oxford | 2006 - 2007

UNDP Human Development Training Course coordinator

United Nations Development Programme | 2004; 2006; 2008

Researcher

Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative | 2006 - 2007

Teaching

Medical Sciences Division Teacher Training

University of Oxford

Teaching Skills Workshops

Teacher Training

Oxford Tropical Network

Teaching and supervision workshops delivered for participants in Kenya Medical Research Insitute, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit

Introduction to Teaching at Oxford

Oxford Learning Institute, University of Oxford

Part of induction programme for new lecturers at University of Oxford

International Development and Health

University of Oxford

A module offered to post-graduate students in International Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford

Health, Environment and Development

University of Oxford

A module offered to post-graduate students in International Health and Tropical Medicine and Geography, University of Oxford

Social Determinants of Health and Global Burden of Disease

University of Oxford

Core lecture for MSc students in International Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford

Poverty and Health

University of Oxford

Lecture for Graduate Entry Medical Students, University of Oxford

International Development and Health and Research Ethics

University of Oxford

Lecture for post-graduate students in International Development, University of Oxford

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Zhu Jiming and Ariana P (2019) Provider Perspectives on General Practice in Henan, China: a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open (in press)
  • Marzouk M, Kelley M, Fadhil I, Slama S, Longuere K-S, Ariana P, Carson G and Marsh V. (2019) ‘If I have a cancer, it is not my fault I am a refugee’: A qualitative study with expert stakeholders on cancer care management for Syrian refugees in Jordan. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0222496. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222496
  • Haenssgen MJ, Charoenboon N, Zanello G… Ariana P (2019). Antibiotic knowledge, attitudes and practices: new insights from cross-sectional rural health behaviour surveys in low-income and middle-income South-East Asia BMJ Open 2019;9:e028224. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028224
  • Haenssgen MJ, Charoenboon N, Zanello G, Mayxay M, Reed-Tsochas F, Jones COH, Kosaikanont R, Praphattong P, Manohan P, Lubell Y,… Ariana P (2018). Antibiotics and activity spaces: protocol of an exploratory study of behaviour, marginalisation and knowledge diffusion. BMJ Glob Health, 3 (2), pp. e000621.
  • Haenssgen MJ and Ariana P (2018). The place of technology in the capability approach. Oxford Development Studies. doi: 10.1080/13600818.2017.1325456
  • Wertheim HFL, Chuc NTK, Punpuing S, Khan WA, Gyapong M, Asante KP, Munguambe K, Gómez-Olivé FX, Ariana P, John-Langba J et al (2017). Community-level antibiotic access and use (ABACUS) in low- and middle-income countries: Finding targets for social interventions to improve appropriate antimicrobial use - an observational multi-centre study. Wellcome Open Res, 2 pp. 58.
  • Haenssgen MJ and Ariana P (2017). The social implications of technology diffusion: uncovering the unintended consequences of people’s health-related mobile phone use in rural India and China. World Development. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.01.014
  • Haenssgen MJ and Ariana P (2017). Healthcare access: a sequence-sensitive approach. Social Science & Medicine – Population Health, 3, 37-47. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.11.008
  • Radin, E, Ariana P, Broekel T and Tran TK (2016). “Analyzing demand-side efficiency in global health: an application to maternal care in Vietnam” Health policy and planning, p.czw063.
  • Preston, E.C., Ariana, P., Penny, M.E., Frost, M. and Plugge, E., (2015). “Prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity and associated factors in Peru” Rev Panam Salud Publica 38(6)
  • Nair M, Ariana P, Webster P (2014) “Impact of mothers’ employment on infant feeding and care: a qualitative study of the experiences of mothers employed though the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act” BMJ Open 2014:4 e004434
  • Xiangshu, D., Ariana, P. and Xiang, X., (2013). “An Investigation of Chinese Rural Doctors’ Job Quit Intention: Empirical Analysis of Income Satisfaction, Hospital Organization Satisfaction and Doctor-patient Relationship”. Economic Review 2, 5.
  • Nair M, Ariana P, Ohuma E, Gray R, De Stavola B, Webster P (2013) “Effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on malnutrition of infants in Rajasthan, India: a mixed methods study” Plos One 8(9) e75089
  • Nair M, Ariana, P, Webster P (2012) “The decision to use institutions for delivery: A study among economically deprived women in Andhra Pradesh, India” Rural and Remote Health 12:2311.
  • Barnett I, Ariana P, Petro S, Penny M, Plugge E, Boyden J. (2012) “Cohort Profile: The Young Lives Study ” International Journal of Epidemiology doi: 10.1093/ije/dys082
  • Ariana, P (2012) “Challenging our Understanding of Health: Indigenous perspectives from the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico” Oxford Development Studies 40(3), 405-21.
  • Nair M., Webster P, Ariana P (2011) “Impact of non-health Policies on Infant Mortality through the Social Determinants Pathway” Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 89(11), 778.
  • Fukuda-Parr, S. and Ariana, P (2011) “Health Impact Fund–Raising Issues of Distribution, IP Rights and Alliances” Intellectual Property Watch.
  • McHardy K., Ariana P, Plugge E. (2011) “Public Health in Practice: Translating Theory into Action” Medical Education 45(11), 1142.

Books

  • Ariana, P and Naveed, A (2009) “Health” in Deneulin S (ed) An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach, Earthscan.

Papers

  • Ariana, P (2007) “Health Inequalities in America” Background paper for American Human Development Report 2008-2009.