About Profile

Presently employed as Scientist-C at ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh, Assam. I am a trained Statistician and public health researcher with over 14 years of extensive involvement in biomedical research. My primary responsibilities revolve around designing and overseeing the analytical aspects of diverse communicable and non-communicable studies, including but not limited to cancer, hemoglobinopathies, malaria, and hard-to-reach populations (IDUs & FSWs) research. Additionally, I also have experience handling big data, especially in the field of HIV research in the northeastern region of India.

Area of Interest

Statistical modelling, big data analysis, epidemiological studies, hard-to-reach populations’ personal network analysis research, HIV research, cancer research, maternal and child health research

Research Experience

Position	Institution	Duration
Scientist-C (NM) (Direct recruitment)	ICMR – RMRCNE, Dibrugarh, Assam	Jan 2023 to present
Technical Officer (Statistics)(Promoted)	ICMR – RMRCNE, Dibrugarh, Assam	Apr 2016 – Jan 2023
Technical Officer (Statistics)(Direct recruitment)	ICMR – RMRCNE, Dibrugarh, Assam	Jan 2011 – Mar 2016
Data Analysis Specialist (Project)	ICMR – RMRCNE, Dibrugarh, Assam (Under Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation project, viz, IBBA R-II)	May 2009 – Dec 2010

Awards & Acheivements

Professional Experience

Publications

Paper Publication

1. Godbole, S., Diwan, V., Das, S., Reddy, M. M., Kalyanasundaram, M., Mamulwar, M., ... & Kant, R. (2024). Facilitators and barriers to the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine precaution dose among adult population: qualitative analysis across six different states of India. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1293600.
2. Phukan, S. K., & Hazarika, J. (2024). Peer Influence and Factors Associated with Personal Network Size of Underage Drinkers Recruited Through Respondent-driven Sampling in Dibrugarh District of Assam, India. Journal of Health Management, 09720634241237590.
3. Phukan, S. K., & Hazarika, J. (2021). Personal network, recruitment pattern and network characteristics of female sex workers in a high HIV prevalent state of India. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(5), 1495-1512.
4. Phukan, Rup Kumar, Biswa Jyoti Borkakoty, Sanjib Kumar Phukan, Kumar Bhandari, Jagdish Mahanta, Sopai Tawsik, Sangita Bhandari, Ashish Rai, and Kanwar Narain. "Association of processed food, synergistic effect of alcohol and HBV with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a high incidence region of India." Cancer Epidemiology 53 (2018): 35-41.
5. Phukan, S. K., Medhi, G. K., Mahanta, J., Adhikary, R., Thongamba, G., Paranjape, R. S., & Akoijam, B. S. (2017). An analysis of respondent-driven sampling with injecting drug users in a high HIV prevalent state of India. Harm Reduction Journal, 14(1), 41.
6. Medhi, G. K., Mahanta, J., Phukan, S. K., Paranjape, R. S., Kermode, M., & Goswami, P. (2017). Factors associated with Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection among female sex workers in Nagaland, India. International Journal of Community Medicine And Public Health , 4(4), 1199-1206.
7. Das, P. P., Saikia, L., Nath, R., & Phukan, S. K. (2016). Species distribution & antifungal susceptibility pattern of oropharyngeal Candida isolates from human immunodeficiency virus infected individuals. The Indian journal of medical research, 143(4), 495.
8. Patgiri, S. J., Borthakur, A. K., Borkakoty, B., Saikia, L., Dutta, R., & Phukan, S. K. (2014). An appraisal of clinicopathological parameters in Japanese encephalitis and changing epidemiological trends in upper Assam, India. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 57(3), 400.
9. Gajendra Kumar Medhi, Jagadish Mahanta, Michelle Kermode, Ramesh S Paranjape, Rajatashurva Adhikary, Sanjib Kr. Phukan and P Ngully: Factor associated with history of drug use among female sex workers (FSW) in high HIV prevalence state of India. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:273.

Abstract Publication

1. S K Phukan & J Hazarika: Sampling hard-to-reach population: challenges and acceptability; at International Conference on Recent Trends in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, organised by Department of Statistics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh on 18-20, 2020.
2. S K Phukan, G K Medhi, J Mahanta: Prevalence, knowledge of sexually transmitted infections, and treatment seeking behavior among female sex workers in a high HIV prevalence state of India; at ICRH-ISSRF 2016, NIOH, Feb 2016
3. P Chowdhury, S A Khan, S K Phukan, P Dutta; Post vaccination status of Japanese Encephalitis in Assam: a retrospective analysis; at VIROCON 2015, NEIGRIHM, Shillong, 8th – 10th Oct. 2015
4. G K Medhi, S K Phukan, J Mahanta: Network characteristics and HIV risk behaviors among HIV positive injecting drug users in Manipur; at ASICON, Kolkata 2014
5. G K Medhi, J Mahanta, S Phukan, R Paranjape, G Thongamba: Prevalence of HCV-HIV co-infection and risk factors for HCV among injecting drug users in North East India at 7th IAS conference on HIV pathogenesis, treatment and prevention, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia, 30 June-03 July 2013
6. G K Medhi, J Mahanta, S Phukan, P Goswami, R Paranjape: Risk factor of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and their relationship with HIV among female sex workers (FSW) in Nagaland, a high HIV prevalence state in India; at 7th IAS conference on HIV pathogenesis, treatment and prevention, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia, 30 June-03 July 2013
7. G Medhi, J Mahanta, S Phukan, R Adhikary, R Paranjape: Correlates of HIV testing among female sex workers in high HIV prevalence state of India; at 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), BEXCO, Busan, Republic of Korea on 26-30 August 2011

Projects

As Co-PI/Co-Investigators:

1. A comprehensive study of upper Gastrointestinal cancers (oesophagal & stomach) and nasopharyngeal cancer in Northeast India. (ongoing)
2. Prevalence of thalassemia and Glucose -6- Phosphate (G-6-PD) deficiency among the selected autochthonous population of Northeast India. (Ongoing)
3. Screening, awareness and counselling for prevention of Sickle Cell haemoglobinopathies among tea garden labour communities of Upper Assam. (Completed)
4. Drug, sexual network characteristics and HIV-related risk behaviors among female sex workers (FSW) in Manipur (Completed)

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