Staff Profile

Educational Qualification

MBBS, MD (Community Medicine), PhD (Epidemiology)

Personal Statement

I am a public health physician and epidemiologist with over 20 years of experience in tuberculosis research, program implementation, and policy engagement across India and globally. Currently serving as Director of ICMR–NIRT, I focus on generating high-quality evidence to inform TB elimination strategies. My work spans operational research, health systems strengthening, and capacity building in low- and middle-income countries. I have collaborated with global institutions including WHO and the Stop TB Partnership, contributing to research, policy, and implementation frameworks. I am committed to advancing evidence-based public health solutions that are scalable, equitable, and impactful.

Research Focus

• o Tuberculosis research, control, and elimination strategies
• o Operational and implementation research in public health programmes
• o Health systems strengthening and programme evaluation
• o Epidemiology and evidence-based policy development
• o Capacity building and global health collaboration

Ongoing projects as Principal investigator

• Evidence generation to enable new TB vaccine introduction and uptake in India

Significant Publications

1. Satyanarayana S, Thekkur P, Kumar AMV, Lin Y, Dlodlo RA, Khogali M, Zachariah R, Harries AD. An Opportunity to END TB: Using the Sustainable Development Goals for Action on Socio-Economic Determinants of TB in High Burden Countries in WHO South-East Asia and the Western Pacific Regions. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 18;5(2):101. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020101.

2. Satyanarayana S, Subbaraman R, Shete P, Gore G, Das J, Cattamanchi A, Mayer K, Menzies D, Harries AD, Hopewell P, Pai M. Quality of tuberculosis care in India: a systematic review. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Jul;19(7):751-63. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0186.

3. Satyanarayana S, Kwan A, Daniels B, Subbaraman R, McDowell A, Bergkvist S, Das RK, Das V, Das J, Pai M. Use of standardised patients to assess antibiotic dispensing for tuberculosis by pharmacies in urban India: a cross-sectional study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Nov;16(11):1261-1268. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30215-8.

4. Sagili KD, Satyanarayana S, Chadha SS, Wilson NC, Kumar AMV, Moonan PK, Oeltmann JE, Chadha VK, Nagaraja SB, Ghosh S, Q Lo T, Volkmann T, Willis M, Shringarpure K, Reddy RC, Kumar P, Nair SA, Rao R, Yassin M, Mwangala P, Zachariah R, Tonsing J, Harries AD, Khaparde S. Operational research within a Global Fund supported tuberculosis project in India: why, how and its contribution towards change in policy and practice. Glob Health Action. 2018;11(1):1445467. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1445467.

5. Satyanarayana S, Nair SA, Chadha SS, Shivashankar R, Sharma G, Yadav S, Mohanty S, Kamineni V, Wilson NC, Harries AD, Dewan PK. From where are tuberculosis patients accessing treatment in India? Results from a cross-sectional community based survey of 30 districts. PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e24160. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024160.

6. Sreeramareddy CT, Qin ZZ, Satyanarayana S, Subbaraman R, Pai M. Delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in India: a systematic review. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Mar;18(3):255-266. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0585.

7. Subbaraman R, Nathavitharana RR, Satyanarayana S, Pai M, Thomas BE, Chadha VK, Rade K, Swaminathan S, Mayer KH. The Tuberculosis Cascade of Care in India's Public Sector: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2016 Oct 25;13(10):e1002149. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002149.

8. Subbaraman R, Nathavitharana RR, Mayer KH, Satyanarayana S, Chadha VK, Arinaminpathy N, Pai M. Constructing care cascades for active tuberculosis: A strategy for program monitoring and identifying gaps in quality of care. PLoS Med. 2019 Feb 27;16(2):e1002754. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002754.

9. Kwan A, Daniels B, Saria V, Satyanarayana S, Subbaraman R, McDowell A, Bergkvist S, Das RK, Das V, Das J, Pai M. Variations in the quality of tuberculosis care in urban India: A cross-sectional, standardized patient study in two cities. PLoS Med. 2018 Sep 25;15(9):e1002653. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002653

10. Grace AG, Mittal A, Jain S, Tripathy JP, Satyanarayana S, Tharyan P, Kirubakaran R. Shortened treatment regimens versus the standard regimen for drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Dec 12;12(12):CD012918. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012918.pub2.

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