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Prabhat Jha

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ProfessorCentre for Global Health ResearchUniversity of Toronto

Prabhat Jha

Professor

Centre for Global Health Research

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Canada Research Chair in Global Health

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49 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 25 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (6 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2017.

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168

Publications

213

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Grants

Publications by year

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Education

D. Phil Epidemiology and Public Health
M.D. Medicine

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Research

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Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology)Health promotion and disease prevention Global health Health geography Health policy

Latest papers

Major depressive disorder (MDD) and the risks of mortality and hospitalization in the UK Biobank.
BMC psychiatry · 2026 · senior author
Cancer mortality projections through 2026 among young adults in 15 upper-middle and high-income countries with focus on colorectal cancer.
Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026
Cause-specific excess mortality in rural India during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2023: longitudinal analyses of deaths in 0.2 million rural health facilities.
BMJ open · 2026 · senior author

All 168 publications

Latest funding

Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN)
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$2,190,000
Ab-C Risk: Action to Beat Coronavirus Sub-study on Population Immunity in High-Risk Groups in Canada
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$499,302
Canada Research Chairs - Tier 1
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$1,400,000

All 19 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 168 publications.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) and the risks of mortality and hospitalization in the UK Biobank.

Amarasekera S, Cho ER, Brown P, Bondy SJ, Young LT, Jha P

BMC psychiatry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-026-07939-9 PMID: 41787363

Cancer mortality projections through 2026 among young adults in 15 upper-middle and high-income countries with focus on colorectal cancer.

Mignozzi S, Santucci C, Alicandro G, Pizzato M, Jha P, Negri E, La Vecchia C

Cancer causes & control : CCC2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10552-026-02149-w PMID: 41931175

Cause-specific excess mortality in rural India during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2023: longitudinal analyses of deaths in 0.2 million rural health facilities.

Kumar P, Suraweera W, Karlinsky A, Jha P

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097857 PMID: 41748175

Correction: Computer assisted verbal autopsy: comparing large language models to physicians for assigning causes to 6939 deaths in Sierra Leone from 2019-2022.

Wen R, Assalif AT, Lee AS, Kamadod R, Behdinan A, Carshon-Marsh R, Meh C, Ng TKS, Brown P, Jha P, Ansumana R

BMC medicine2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-026-04702-5 PMID: 41689027

Cancer mortality trends 2004-2013 in India at ages 30-69 years with predictions for 2020: estimates from the Million Death Study.

Santucci C, Pizzato M, Suraweera W, Ng T, Brown PE, Vaccarella S, Bray F, La Vecchia C, Jha P

European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/cej.0000000000001029 PMID: 42467946

Trends and risk factors for suicide mortality in India from 2001-2019: National mortality study.

Suraweera W, Amarasekera S, Vijayakumar L, Seshadri SR, Brown P, Karunarathne A, Eddleston M, Jha P

PLOS global public health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005547 PMID: 41511970

Comparison of verbal autopsy using a large language model to biologically confirmed causes of death for malaria and other communicable diseases among children in six sub-Saharan African countries.

Carshon-Marsh R, Wen R, Ng TKS, Kamadod R, Bogoch I, Bondy SJ, Witek TJ, Jha P

Malaria journal2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12936-025-05774-z PMID: 41495828

Estimating annual deaths from stroke in adults under 70 years of age in Freetown Sierra Leone: A comparative analysis of a hospital-based stroke register and a population-based verbal autopsy study.

Youkee D, Soley-Bori M, Deen GF, Jha P, Assalif A, Wolfe C, Sackley C, Conteh Z, Fox-Rushby J, Marshall I

International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society2026

DOI: 10.1177/17474930251367517 PMID: 40762290

Computer assisted verbal autopsy: comparing large language models to physicians for assigning causes to 6939 deaths in Sierra Leone from 2019-2022.

Wen R, Assalif AT, Lee AS, Kamadod R, Behdinan A, Carshon-Marsh R, Meh C, Ng TKS, Brown P, Jha P, Ansumana R

BMC medicine2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-025-04584-z PMID: 41437360

Causes of death in rural southeast Asia by electronic verbal autopsy: a population-based observational study.

Htun NSN, Phommasone K, Perrone C, Phyo AP, Sen A, Vanna M, Tripura R, Kabir N, Islam MA, Wirachonphaophong J, Panyadee P, Chandna A, Boonyoung S, Lek D, Pongvongsa T, Mayxay M, Kamadod R, Day NPJ, Morris SK, Ashley EA, Jha P, Lee SJ, Lubell Y, Peto TJ

The Lancet. Global health2025

DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(25)00362-6 PMID: 41240946

Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) - India

Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen G; Sellen, Daniel W; CHANDAK, GIRIRAJ R; Comelli, Elena M; Krishnaveni, Ghattu V; Kumaran, Kalyanaraman; Shah, Prakeshkumar; Suryanarayana, Kumar G; Wade, Mark

Keywords: Cardiometabolic Outcome; Child; Cohort Studies; Dohad; India; Intervention; Lifecourse; Mental Health Outcome; Preconception; Pregnancy

$2,190,000

Ab-C Risk: Action to Beat Coronavirus Sub-study on Population Immunity in High-Risk Groups in Canada

Nominated PICIHR2021Op. Gr: Emer. COVID Res. Gaps/Prior- Dif. Impacts on Hist. Excl/Underserved Pops

Principal investigators: Jha, Prabhat

Keywords: Determinants Of Risk; Epidemiology; National Antibody Study; Risk Among Vunerable Canadians

$499,302

Canada Research Chairs - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2020Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Jha, Prabhat

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Acute Respiratory Mortality Surveillance (ARMS) for Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): A globally relevant technology to strengthen mortality surveillance for acute respiratory deaths in many countries lacking complete medical certification of death

Nominated PICIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Clinical management

Principal investigators: Jha, Prabhat; Ansumana, Rashid; Carshon-Marsh, Ronald R; Dikshit, Rajesh; Leung, Gabriel M; Mekonnen, Wubegzier; Qiu, Haibo; Satav, Ashish R

Keywords: Cause Of Death; Mortality Surveillance; Pneumonia Etiology; Post Mortem Review; Syndromic Surveillance; Verbal Autopsy

Statistical Methods for Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Brown, Patrick

$750,000

Acute Respiratory Mortality Surveillance (ARMS) for Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): A globally relevant technology to strengthen mortality surveillance for acute respiratory deaths in many countries lacking complete medical certification of death

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019New Frontiers in Research Fund - Rapid Response

Principal investigators: Jha, Prabhat

$956,320

Early INterventions to Support Trajectories for healthy lifE in INdia (EINSTEIN)

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Team Grant - Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) - India

Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen G; Kumaran, Kalyanaraman; Lye, Stephen J; Shah, Prakeshkumar; Suryanarayana, Kumar G; Yajnik, Chittaranjan

Keywords: Cardiometabolic Outcome; Child; Cohort Studies; Dohad; India; Infant; Intervention; Mental Health Outcome; Preconception; Pregnancy

$2,493,350

Quantifying Modifiable Risk Factors for Premature Cardiovascular Mortality in India

SupervisorCIHR2017Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Ke, Calvin

Keywords: Cardiovascular Mortality; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Global Health; Hypertension; India; Ischemic Heart Disease; Stroke

$105,000

Evidence-based global tobacco control

Nominated PICIHR2016CIHR-IPPH Trailblazer Award - Senior Career Population/Public Health Researcher

Principal investigators: Jha, Prabhat

Keywords: Mortality; Non-Communicable Disease; Risk Factors; Tobacco

$15,000

Quantification of causes of death and risk factors to reduce premature mortality in Canada and globally

Nominated PICIHR2016Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Jha, Prabhat

Keywords: Adiposity; Alcohol; Cancer And Cardiovascular Disease; Cause Of Death; Epidemiological Methods; Global Health; Randomized Controlled Trials; Tobacco Control

$2,566,599

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Prabhat Jha

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Major depressive disorder (MDD) and the risks of mortality and hospitalization in the UK Biobank.

Cancer mortality projections through 2026 among young adults in 15 upper-middle and high-income countries with focus on colorectal cancer.

Cause-specific excess mortality in rural India during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2023: longitudinal analyses of deaths in 0.2 million rural health facilities.

Correction: Computer assisted verbal autopsy: comparing large language models to physicians for assigning causes to 6939 deaths in Sierra Leone from 2019-2022.

Cancer mortality trends 2004-2013 in India at ages 30-69 years with predictions for 2020: estimates from the Million Death Study.

Trends and risk factors for suicide mortality in India from 2001-2019: National mortality study.

Comparison of verbal autopsy using a large language model to biologically confirmed causes of death for malaria and other communicable diseases among children in six sub-Saharan African countries.

Estimating annual deaths from stroke in adults under 70&#x2009;years of age in Freetown Sierra Leone: A comparative analysis of a hospital-based stroke register and a population-based verbal autopsy study.

Computer assisted verbal autopsy: comparing large language models to physicians for assigning causes to 6939 deaths in Sierra Leone from 2019-2022.

Causes of death in rural southeast Asia by electronic verbal autopsy: a population-based observational study.

Statistical Methods for Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases

Acute Respiratory Mortality Surveillance (ARMS) for Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): A globally relevant technology to strengthen mortality surveillance for acute respiratory deaths in many countries lacking complete medical certification of death

Frequent collaborators

Paul Arora

Rahim Moineddin

Ronald Carshon-Marsh

Calvin Ke

Anne-Claude Gingras

Isaac Bogoch

Rajesh Dikshit

Susan Horton

Sumit Gupta

John Eikelboom

Madhukar Pai

Monica Taljaard

Rupert Kaul

Emmanuel Guindon

Mira Johri

Graeme Hirst

Susan Bondy

Mahsa Jessri

Kerri-Anne Mullen

Tony Mazzulli

Pablo Nepomnaschy

Sonica Singhal

Samir Sinha

JianLi Wang

Rita Shahin

Patrick McGowan

Elizabeth Rea

Linda Rabeneck

Samir Sinha

Stephen Lye

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Jacquetta Trasler

Kang Lee

Hannah Wunsch

Sandra Ofori

Stephanie Atkinson

Bernard Le Foll

Eduardo Franco

Igor Stagljar

Cindy Gauvreau

Estimating annual deaths from stroke in adults under 70 years of age in Freetown Sierra Leone: A comparative analysis of a hospital-based stroke register and a population-based verbal autopsy study.