Mumbai Campus,
Chairperson, Centre for Health and Social Sciences, School of Health Systems Studies
M.Sc. (BHU),
M.Phil (IIPS, Mumbai),
Ph.D. (IIPS, Mumbai)
priyanka.dixit[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in
priyanka.dixit@tiss.ac.in
priyanka.dixit@tiss.edu
Career
Assistant Professor, Centre Chairperson, Centre for Health and Social Sciences School of Health Systems Studies (SHSS) , Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, November 2019 – Till date
Assistant Professor, School of Health Systems Studies (SHSS) , Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2 March 2015 – October 2019.
Dr. Priyanka Dixit is an Assistant Professor and Chairperson at the Centre for Health and Social Sciences, School of Health Systems Studies (SHSS), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. She joined TISS in 2015 as an Assistant Professor and has been serving as the Centre Chairperson since 2019.
Dr. Priyanka Dixit is a trained quantitative researcher with experience in designing, analysing, and evaluating large-scale population-based surveys, including LASI, NFHS, DLHS, GATS, and other national datasets. Over the past decade, she has contributed to empirical research on NCD chronic diseases, Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive Health, Sexual Health of Vulnerable Population Health Inequalities and Health Systems Performance in India. She has published widely in peer-reviewed national and international journals such as Population Studies, JAMA Network, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, PLOS One, PLOS Mental Health, BMC Public Health, Journal of Clinical Hypertension, and Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, among others.
Her research applies epidemiological and statistical methods—longitudinal modelling, decomposition analysis, interaction modelling, multivariate regression, and causal inference techniques—to understand the determinants of health and disease across the life course. A substantial body of her work focuses on chronic and non-communicable diseases among older adults in India using the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), contributing evidence on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, chronic lung diseases, cognitive impairment, and multimorbidity.
Dr. Priyanka Dixit has led and contributed to several major research and evaluation projects. Notably, she serves as a lead for the Independent Monitoring and Supervision of Primary Health Care Provisioning through Health and Wellness Centres (Ayushman Arogya Mandir Initiative) in the state of Uttarakhand. Her other research projects span maternal health inequalities, reproductive health behaviour, health facility performance, and national tobacco-control policy evaluation.
Her earlier research includes influential work on fertility intentions, unwanted births, maternal health service utilisation, caesarean section trends, socioeconomic inequalities in hypertension, and childhood malnutrition using national datasets over multiple decades.
Dr. Priyanka Dixit holds a PhD and brings more than a decade of academic and research experience at the intersection of population health, public health systems, and epidemiological research. She actively mentors students and collaborates with researchers across institutions, contributing to evidence-based policymaking and public health scholarship in India.
Large-scale population surveys and advanced quantitative methods for public health research (NFHS, LASI, GATS, DLHS)
Public health programme evaluation and health systems performance
Gender and Chronic and non-communicable diseases and multimorbidity
Maternal and child health, nutrition, and health inequalities
Primary healthcare delivery, quality of care, and service readiness in underserved settings
Reproductive and sexual health, fertility, contraceptive behaviour, and HIV vulnerabilities among populations
Digital health and health system strengthening
2026
A. Gupta, P. Dixit, A. Bansal and S. Lahoti. 2026. “Prevalence and correlates of nicotine dependence among adult tobacco users in India: evidence from global adult tobacco survey in India.” Discover Public Health, (2026) 23:11.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-025-01337-4.
2025
Dixit, P., Gawde, N. et al. A study on unsafe sexual practices among short-distance drivers in India: A cross-sectional study. Discov Public Health 22, 592 (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-025-00980-1
Dixit P, Lahoti S, Kullu A, et al. Access to HIV-related Services Among Short-distance Drivers in India: Insights from a Qualitative Study. Journal of Psychosexual Health. 2025;7(2):137-146. doi:10.1177/26318318251322633
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26318318251322633
Dixit P, Edolikkandy B, Bose M, Ahmed W, Halli S (2025) Cognitive impairment and reporting of hypertension among adults in india: Evidence from a population-based study. PLOS Ment Health 2(5): e0000003.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000003
Priyanka Dixit, Anjali Bansal, Rahul Mishra, Eugine Paul, Shivalingappa S. Halli (2025) Understanding the surge in elective caesarean sections: Role of older women's childbirth choices on younger women in India, Global Transitions, Volume 7, 411-419, ISSN 2589-7918.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.glt.2025.06.007.
Bhatia M, Dwivedi LK, Maurya P, Dawoodi S, Ahmed W, Jana S, Dixit P. (2025) Gender and Age Differentials in Prevalence and Pattern of Nine Chronic Diseases Among Older Adults in India: An Analysis Based on Longitudinal Ageing Study in India. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 27(5).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40346866/
Bhoir NB, Dixit P. (2025) Determinants of Morbidity and Multi-morbidity among Indian Population: Large Scale Data Based Evidence. Online J Health Allied Scs. 24(3):3.
Available at URL: https://www.ojhas.org/issue95/2025-3-3.html
2024
Ahmed, Waquar, and Priyanka Dixit. 2024. “Effect of Chronic Lung Diseases on Angina Pectoris among Indian Adults: Longitudinal Ageing Study in India.” Scientific Reports 14:1 14(1): 1–17.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-52786-x
Ahmed, Waquar, Priyanka Dixit, and Shiva Halli. 2024. “Additive Interaction of Family Medical History of Cardiovascular Diseases with Hypertension and Diabetes on the Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Diseases among Older Adults in India.” Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 11: 1386378.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39713213/
Gupta, Amrita, Anjali Bansal, Priyanka Dixit, and K. Anil Kumar. 2024. “The Crossroads of Work and Home: Linkages between Smoke-Free Policies at Work and Household Environments.” BMC Public Health 24(1): 1–11.
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-024-18658-9
A. Bansal, L. K. Dwivedi, Dixit P, and Gupta A. 2024. “Factors Contributing to Unwanted Birth in India: Evidence from Panel Study Design.” Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences 23(3).
https://www.ojhas.org/issue91/2024-3-2.html
L. F. Dawoodi, S. Shirwadkar, D. Bhenki, V. Shirwadkar, Priyanka Dixit, et al. 2024. “Examining The Role of Diabetes in Cataract Prevalence Among Older Adults in India: Insights From Longitudinal Research.” IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research Volume 13 Issue 8(2): 63–65.
https://www.worldwidejournals.com/international-journal-of-scientific-research-(IJSR)/article/examining-the-role-of-diabetes-in-cataract-prevalence-among-older-adults-in-india-insights-from-longitudinal-research/NTc5ODM=/
2023
Dixit, Priyanka, Thiagarajan Sundararaman, and Shiva Halli. 2023. “Is the Quality of Public Health Facilities Always Worse Compared to Private Health Facilities: Association between Birthplace on Neonatal Deaths in the Indian States.” PLOS ONE 18(12): e0296057.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10752527/
Dixit, Priyanka, Mayura Tonpe, and Mrigesh Bhatia. 2023. “Decomposition Analysis of the Decline in Binary and Triad Undernutrition among Preschool Children in India.” PLOS ONE 18(10): e0292322.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0292322
Singh, Ayushi, and Priyanka Dixit. 2023. “Sex-Specific Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Adults in India: A Study for Developing Sex-Specific Public Policy from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) Data 2017-2018.” Journal of health, population, and nutrition 42(1).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37626344/
Singh, D. P., S. Chanda, L.K. Dwivedi, P. Dixit, S. Jana (2023). “Importance of Caste-Based Headcounts: An Analysis of Caste Specific Demographics Transition in India.” CASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion 4(1): 75–91.
https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/497
Dixit, P. with Co-author (2023) Comparing socioeconomic inequalities in self-reported and undiagnosed hypertension among adults 45 years and over in India: what explains these inequalities? Int J Equity Health 22, 26.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01833-6
Dixit, P. with Co-Author (2023). Importance of Caste-Based Headcounts: An Analysis of Caste-Specific DemographicsTransition in India. CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, 4(1), 75–91.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/48728106
Dixit, P. with Co-Author (2022) Missed opportunities for initiation of treatment and control of hypertension among olderadults in India. Preventive Medicine Reports. Dec 1; 30:102057.
Dixit, P. with Co-Author (2022). "Validity of Self-reported Hypertension in India: Evidence from NationallyRepresentative Survey of Adult Population over 45 Years." The Journal of Clinical Hypertension 24, no. 11 (2022): 1506-1515. Accessed August 22, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.14542.
Dixit, P. with Co-Author (2022). Gastrointestinal problem among Indian adults: Evidence from longitudinal ageing studyin India 2017–18. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 911354.
Dixit, P. with Co-Author (2022). Decomposition of decline in double and triple burden of child malnutrition in India. Frontiers in Nutrition.
Dixit, P. with Co-Author (2021). Reporting Issues of Adverse Effect of COVID-19 Vaccine in India: What We Know orDon’t Know? The International Journal of Community and Social Development, 3(4), 390-395.
Dixit, P. with Co-Author (2021). Diagnosis and treatment of hypertension among people aged 45 years and over in India: a sub-national analysis of the variation in performance of Indian states. Frontiers in public health, 9, 766458.
Dixit, P. with Co-Author (2021). Impending epidemic of cardiovascular diseases among lower socioeconomic groups inIndia. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2(6), e314-e315.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2021) Pro-poor policies and improvements in maternal health outcomes in India. BMCPregnancy Childbirth 21, 389 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03839-w.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2021) Declining trend of smoking and smokeless tobacco in India: A decomposition analysis. PLOS ONE. PLoS ONE 16(2): e0247226. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247226
Dixit P. with Co-author (2020) "Sex differences in child health and healthcare: A reappraisal for India. PopulationStudies. Pages 379-398 |. Volume 74, 2020 - Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2020.1807042
Dixit P. with Co-author (2020) Continuum of maternal health care in India. International Journal of BioMedicine andPublic Health. 2020; 3(3):77-84. 10.22631/ijbmph.2020.201786.1131.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2020) Assessment of Variation in Cesarean Delivery Rates Between Public and Private HealthFacilities in India from 2005 to 2016. JAMA Network Open.3(8): e2015022.
doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15022
Dixit P. with Co-author (2020) An epidemic of avoidable caesarean deliveries in the private sector in India: Is physician-induced demand at play? Social Science & Medicine. Volume 265, November 2020, 113511.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953620307309?via%3Dihub
Dixit P. with Co-author (2018) Impact Evaluation of Integrated Child Development Services In Rural India: PropensityScore Matching Analysis. Sage Open. 1-7. DOI:10.1177/2158244018785713.
Dixit et al. (2018) MindtheGap: Temporal trends in Inequalities in infant and child mortality in India (1992–2016), SSM - Population Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.05.001.
Dixit P et al., (2017) Hospital utilization and out-of-pocket expenditure in public and private sectors under the universalgovernment health insurance scheme in Chhattisgarh State, India: Lessons for universal health coverage. PLoS ONE12(11): e0187904. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187904.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2017) Determinants of Infant Mortality in India: Evidence from a District Level HouseholdSurvey. Social Development Issues, Volume 39, Number 3, November 2017, pp. 55-69(15).
Dixit P. with Co-author (2017) Role of Maternal and Child Health Care Services on Postpartum Contraceptive Adoptionin India. SAGE Open July-September 2017: 1–12 2017 DOI: 10.1177/2158244017733515.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2017) Dimensions of antenatal care service and the alacrity of mothers towards institutionaldelivery in South and South East Asia. PLoS ONE 12(7): e0181793, 2017. \https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181793.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2016) Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet.
2017 Sep 16;390(10100):1084-1150. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31833-0. P. Dixit and GBD Colaberators.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2016) Utilization of institutional delivery services across successive births in India. InternationalJournal of Population Studies. Vol.2(2).123-138.2016
Dixit P. (2016) Consistency in Reporting Fertility Intention in India: Prospective and Retrospective Approaches. SocialScience Spectrum. Vol. 2, No. 3, September 2016. http://socialspectrum.in/index.php/sp/article/view/76. 2016
Dixit P. with Co-author (2016) Knowledge and Practices of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Women in Rural UttarPradesh. Journal of Neonatal Biology 5: 228. doi 10.4172/2167-0897.1000228. 2016.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2013) Strategies to Improve Child Immunization via Antenatal Care Visits in India: A PropensityScore Matching Analysis PLoS ONE. Vol 8(6): e66175. 2013, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066175.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2013) Estimating the Impact of Antenatal Care Visits on Institutional Delivery in India: APropensity Score Matching Analysis. Health, Vol. 5(5).2013.
Dixit P. (2013) Improving Safe Childbirth in India P. Dixit. Web Article in Population Reference Bureau. 2013.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2013) Linkages between Unintended Births and Contraceptive Discontinuations in India OpenAccess Scientific Reports, 1:12http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/scientificreports.554.2013.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2012) Determinants of unwanted pregnancies in India using matched case–controldesigns”. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. Vol. 12 (84). 2012.
Dixit P. with Co-author (2012) Relationship between Breastfeeding and Postpartum Amenorrhea among Indian Women: An Epidemiological Appraisal”. African Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences. Vol 4 (2). 2012. 30-37 pp.
Dixit P. (2013) Fertility Change and its Determinants in India: A Decomposition Analysis”. Demography India, Vol. 38(2). 2009.
Book
1. Consistency of Reporting, Reasons & Determinants of Unwanted Births", with the project number 53699, and ISBN978-3-659-12587-4.LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG Heinrich-Böcking-Str.6-8, 66121, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Book Review
1. Handbook of Population and Development in India edited by A. K. Shiva Kumar, Pradeep Panda, and Rajani R. Ved, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010, pp. 240. P. Dixit. Demography India. Vol. 41, No. 1&2 (2012), pp. 187-191
Ongoing
Co-Investigator: Independent Monitoring and Supervision of Primary Health Care Provisioning through Health and Wellness Centers in the State of Uttarakhand
Principal Investigator: Changing Sexual Networks and Unexplored Risk Behaviours amongst Truckers/ Drivers in India. Funded by National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Govt. of India.
Completed
Co-Investigator: Migrant’s mobility patterns, high risk behaviours, HIV vulnerabilities and responses during COVID-19 in India. Funded by National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Govt. of India.
Co-Investigator: Building Capacities for Using Evidence for Tobacco Control: A Follow-Up to GATS 2 Funded by CDC Atalanta
Co-Investigator: A multi-site study on feasibility, acceptability, and validity of different rapid methods for estimation of potentially missed events to measure COVID-19 associated mortality, including mortalities associated with few selected comorbidities in India. Funded by ICMR
Co-Investigator: Evaluation of Jiyo Parsi Scheme (ongoing since 2020) Funded by Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India
Co-Investigator: Global Adult Tobacco Survey -2 (Gats) India Funded by MOHFW and CDC Atalanta
Co-Investigator: Identifying Changing Trends in Sex Work Dynamics among Female Sex Workers in India Funded by National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Govt. of India.
Co-Investigator: Human trafficking in India Funded by Tata Trust and others.
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