Professor Sant-Rayn Pasricha MBBS(Hons) MPH PhD FRACP FRCPA FAHMS, is a haematologist, epidemiologist and biologist, and leads a comprehensive research program addressing the problem of maternal and child undernutrition (especially anaemia) through international field trials, experimental biology, and support for WHO policy and implementation. He leads the WHO Collaborating Centre for Anaemia Detection and Control. He collaborates deeply across the School, University, precinct, and internationally. He is also a laboratory head at WEHI, where he previously served as acting Deputy Director and Division Head, and is a consultant haematologist at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
His research program has a record of resolving key evidence gaps, making transformative scientific discoveries, and translating knowledge into policy at the highest international level, including informing WHO guidelines. He has published as lead author in Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Medicine, Lancet Global Health, Lancet Haematology, and Blood among others, and his work has attracted support from the NHMRC and international donors including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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