Dr. Anant Bhan, Researcher, Global Health, Bioethics, Mental Health & Health Policy, India

Anant Bhan is trained as a medical doctor with a masters’ degree in bioethics from the University of Toronto. Anant is an Adjunct Visiting Professor, Yenepoya (deemed to be University), India. Anant is Immediate Past President, International Association of Bioethics. His work is focused on ethics and equity in health, mental health, digital health, public health ethics, research ethics, community engagement, ethics of innovative technologies and ethics training for professionals

Anant has been a resource person for trainings in global health, research methodology, research ethics and public health ethics, and also serves as guest faculty in various educational institutions in India and abroad. He has been a reviewer for multiple journals, conference scientific committees and international grant competitions.

Anant is an active researcher involved in several innovative projects in the fields of mental health, health access, equity, ethics, health marginalization, capacity building of health professionals.

Anant serves as a Principal Investigator on several grants at Sangath Bhopal (sangath.in/bhopal), a research focused NGO, and leads an ethics training initiative called DRISHTi (https://sangath.in/drishti/).

Anant is a member of the WHO COVID-19 Ethics & Governance Working Group, the CIOMS Working Group on Good Governance Practice for Research Institutions, and of the Steering Committee of the GFBR. Anant is a Section Editor for PLoS Global Public Health, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Asian Bioethics Review.

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Twitter: @AnantBhan