Soumyadeep Bhaumik

Dr. Soumyadeep Bhaumik is a medical doctor and international public health research methodologist serving as Head of the Meta-research and Evidence Synthesis Unit at The George Institute for Global Health, affiliated with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine & Health school. He is recognized internationally for his work on evidence synthesis, research priority setting, and core outcome sets, with significant contributions to transforming the evidence ecosystem toward justice-oriented frameworks.

His educational background includes a PhD in Medicine from UNSW Sydney, a Master of Science in International Public Health with Merit from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and an MBBS from Bankura Sammilani Medical College, West Bengal University of Health Sciences, India.

• Fields of Research: Public Health, Health Policy, Health Systems, Injury Prevention
• Research Keywords: Health policy, snake bites, evidence based medicine, health systems, priority setting, migrant health, COVID-19

Dr. Bhaumik's research spans disease-agnostic methodological approaches with recent focus on snakebite, climate change and health, and interpretive policy analysis. His work has consistently been recognized as among the top 2% lifetime cited researchers (Stanford University analysis in General & Internal Medicine and Public Health field) since 2021.

His scientific contributions have influenced guidelines and policies of governments and multilateral organizations through the Cochrane Handbook Chapter and development of reporting guidelines for research.

• World Health Organisation -Geneva: Priority setting exercises as a pro-justice tool in climate and health knowledge ecosystem
• Union for International Cancer Control: Air pollution and cancer
• World Health Organisation -India: Environmental risks of bidi workers
• Royal National Lifeboat Institute, UK: Climate change impact on drowning
• National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia: E-cigarette advertising research

Dr. Bhaumik actively supervises HDR students in health policy analysis, snakebite, climate change and health, and research methodology. He has designed and developed multiple courses at UNSW including Global Health Systems (PHCM3005) and has contributed to educational leadership as a member of the Academic Quality Improvement Committee at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (2015-2016).

His laboratory work centers around the Meta-research and Evidence Synthesis Unit, an agile global team specializing in fit-for-purpose approaches for synthesizing evidence to inform policies, practices, and guidelines.