Ritam Chowdhury

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Ritam Chowdhury
BornAugust 1983
New Delhi, India
Alma mater Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital (MBBS)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore (MPH)
Emory University, Atlanta (PhD)
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (SM)
Known for Epidemiology, biostatistics, translational research, bioinformatics, health economics, outcomes research
Scientific career
Institutions Emory University
Harvard School of Public Health

Ritam Chowdhury is an Indian writer, physician, epidemiologist and biostatistician scientist of Bengali descent. His work in the fields of applied epidemiology, health economics, and outcomes research has contributed towards evidence-based medicine guidelines for oncology, heart disease, diabetes and trauma care. He is the Research Director of Medical Associates for Research and Communication (MARC). He also holds appointments as Visiting Instructor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Global Health Department of Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta and Statistical Consultant for the Instructional Computing Facility at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston. [1]

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Early life

Chowdhury was born into a Bengali family originally from Kolkata, India. He was born in New Delhi and later moved to Kolkata. In 1993, a few months after the infamous Bombay riots, his family moved to Bombay.[ citation needed ]

Education

Chowdhury is an alumnus of St. Mary's School (ISC, 1997–1999), Mazagaon, Mumbai and D. G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science & Commerce (HSC, 1999–2001), Matunga, Mumbai. He graduated with a MBBS degree from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai at the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nasik in 2005. He worked at Kalyan District Prison, Thane district thereafter as Medical Officer. He was awarded an MPH in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland in 2009, PhD in Epidemiology in 2013 from Emory University, Atlanta and SM in Biostatistics from Harvard School of Public Health in 2015.[ citation needed ]

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Literary work and hobbies

Chowdhury has also published 14 books under the pseudonym Thomas R. M. Webbe, crediting Chowdhury as the editor. [2] His stories, based in British India, notably feature the exploits of Rito and Gaja. This detective series has been very popular in India among children. In addition, he has written in other genres of fiction for children.

He writes poetry under the pseudonym Ri Tam, three volumes of which have been published.

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References

  1. "New Staff Addition: Ritam Chowdhury". 18 November 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. "Thomas R. M. Webbe: Books, Biography, Blog". Amazon. Retrieved 2 February 2015.