Dr. Prashanth N Srinivas is a medical doctor and public health researcher with a PhD in Public Health from the Université Catholique de Louvain and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp (ITM), Belgium. He also holds a Master of Public Health from ITM and an MBBS from Mysore Medical College, Karnataka. His work lies at the intersection of health systems, social justice, and ecological sustainability, with a strong focus on health equity, realist/theory-driven inquiry, Indigenous (Adivasi) health, planetary health, and participatory research methods. Over two decades, he has led community-engaged research across tribal and forested regions of southern and northeastern India. Currently, Dr. Prashanth is the lead Principal Investigator of the DBT/Wellcome Trust-funded Centre for Training, Research and Innovation in Tribal Health, and co-leads projects on mental health, addictions, and One Health approaches. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, serves on editorial boards of Health Policy & Planning and PLOS Global Public Health, and has mentored many early-career researchers. He collaborates closely with global institutions, including the WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, and serves as Vice-Chair of the General Council at ITM Antwerp. He also played a key role in founding long-term learning sites with Adivasi communities, the Kaanu platform for Indigenous scholarship, and India’s Evidence into Public Health Policy (EPHP) forum. Outside academia, Dr. Prashanth is a passionate advocate of open knowledge and citizen science, contributing extensively to Wikipedia, iNaturalist, and eBird. A naturalist at heart, he believes in linking ecological and human health to achieve social justice and sustainability.
