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Dandona, Lalit was born on September 7, 1963 in Amritsar, Punjab, India.
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Lalit Dandona
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Lalit Dandona, Indian public health specialist. Member of All India Opthalmol. Society (International Coffee Organization Nakajima award 1998, Colonel Rangachari award 1998), Society for Epidemiologic Research, International Epidemiological Association, International Society for Equity in Health, Indian Public Health Association, International Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Society, Delta Omega Alpha.
Education
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1987. Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1988.
Career
Fellow Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology-Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1987-1988. Research fellow Wilmer Eye Institute-Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, 1988-1990. Resident in ophthalmology University Maryland, 1992-1995.
Chief public health ophthalmology service L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India, 1995—2001. Director International Center for Advancement Rural Eye Care, Hyderabad, 1998—2001. Associate director L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, 1998—2000.
Visiting lecturer International Center for Eye Health-U. London, 1998, 99, 2000. Director health policy Administrator Staff College India, Hyderabad, since 2001. Presenter, researcher in field.
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Membership
Member of All India Opthalmol. Society (International Coffee Organization Nakajima award 1998, Colonel Rangachari award 1998), Society for Epidemiologic Research, International Epidemiological Association, International Society for Equity in Health, Indian Public Health Association, International Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Society, Delta Omega Alpha.
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Son of Raj Kumar and Savita (Budhraj) D. M. Rakhi Sehgal, November 27, 1996.
Education
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1987
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1988
Career
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1987 - 1988
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1988 - 1990
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1992 - 1995
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1995 - 2001
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Recipient National Talent Search scholar, National Council Educational Research and Training, India, 1979-1985, Deepak Chanda Memorial Gold Medal, St. Francis School, India, 1979. Grantee, Allergan Humphrey, 1988-1989, Christoffel-Blindenmission, Germany, 1998-1999, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, 1996-1999, International Congress Opthalmology, Netherlands, 1998, Johnson & Johnson Medical Education, Australia, 1998, International Center Eyecare Education, Australia, 1999, World Health Organization, 1999, Minister Health and Family Welfare, India, 2002, Global Forum Health Research, 2002-2003, International Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Alliance, 2002-2004, World Bank, 2004, European Commission, 2003.Recipient National Talent Search scholar, National Council Educational Research and Training, India, 1979-1985, Deepak Chanda Memorial Gold Medal, St. Francis School, India, 1979. Grantee, Allergan Humphrey, 1988-1989, Christoffel-Blindenmission, Germany, 1998-1999, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, 1996-1999, International Congress Opthalmology, Netherlands, 1998, Johnson & Johnson Medical Education, Australia, 1998, International Center Eyecare Education, Australia, 1999, World Health Organization, 1999, Minister Health and Family Welfare, India, 2002, Global Forum Health Research, 2002-2003, International Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Alliance, 2002-2004, World Bank, 2004, European Commission, 2003.