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What is Population and Public Health Special Interest Group (P2H-SIG)? |
NACA SIG Population and Public Health Sciences (P2H-SIG) Benefits
1. Professional Networking & Community Building
- Monthly meetings provide a platform to connect with colleagues, share updates, and collaborate
- “Meet‑and‑greet” presentations highlight members’ expertise and foster meaningful connections for future partnerships and collaboration
- Exchange information, share resources, discuss best practice, emerging methods and applications
2. Research & Academic Collaboration
- Members have opportunities to lead and participate in high-impact initiative with partnering institutions (e.g. lecture and mentor in NACA–CAIPHEN fellowship program)
- The SIG circulates achievements, funding opportunities, and professional announcements to a wider professional audience within SIG and NACA
- Member may lead or contribute to cross-institutional research proposals (within SIG, across other SIGs and within larger NACA initiative), publication and capacity-building projects
3. Professional Development & Training
- Quarterly research webinars offer opportunities to showcase research to national/international audiences
- Member gain access to lectures and workshops that build research, writing, and methodological skills
- Enhance professional visibility though events and presentations, and collaborative activities
4. Support for Students, Staff & Scholars in the U.S. and Nepal
- Ability to include mentees, students, and collaborators (with NACA membership) in relevant professional activities and networking opportunities in the U.S. and Nepal
- Strengthen collaborative academic and professional relationships between institutions in the U.S. and Nepal through shared learning, mentorship and professional exchange
5. Leadership Opportunities
- Multiple sub‑committees within the P2H SIG and NACA provide avenues to participate, volunteer, and lead key initiatives and task force (e.g. reviewer of NHRC proposals, member or NHRC ERB task force)
- Planned leadership transitions offer opportunities to serve in the SIG and NACA governance roles and help guide strategic priorities
- Serve as abstract reviewer, co-chair of population and public health themed sessions during NACA conference
6. Career Growth & Resource Sharing
- Facilitate the distribution of job postings and mentee CVs to help connect talent with academic and professional opportunities
- A platform for peer mentorship, career guidance, academic navigation and professional development
Activities
NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program
The NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program is a collaboration between the Consortium on Advancing Public Health Training in Nepal (CAIPHEN) and the Nepali Academics in America (NACA). CAIPHEN is a consortium of nine universities and institutions overseeing public health education in Nepal. The CAIPHEN member institutions in Nepal include Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences; Central Department of Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University; Patan Academy of Health Sciences; Pokhara University; Purvanchal University; Karnali Academy of Health Sciences; Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences; Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences; and BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
The overall goal of the NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program is to strengthen individual and institutional public health research capacity that includes strengthening networks, conducting competency assessments, forming teams, engaging in relevant scientific research and disseminating results to peers and community in the form or manuscript and/or presentations to address real-world public health issues and ultimately improve population health in Nepal.
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NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program Lecture Series
As a part of the NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program, NACA members from the Population and Public Health Special Interest Group with expertise in various aspects of public health research have been presenting lectures and discussion sessions to the NACA-CAIPHEN fellows and interested NACA student members.
Previous lectures in the series, as reported in the last issue of Newsflash, included:
First Lecture: “IRB and An Overview of Manuscript Writing”--- Dr. Iccha Basnyat, George Mason University (NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program Lecture Series: First Lecture)
Second Lecture: "Abstract, Introduction, Methods of Manuscript Writing”, Dr. Bonita Sharma, University of Texas at San Antonio (NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program Lecture Series: Second Lecture)
Third Lecture:“Communicating Public Health Research Results”-- Dr. Madhav P. Bhatta, Kent State University College (NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program Lecture Series: Third Lecture)
The fourth Lecture in the series on "Discussion & other sections/details of a manuscript” was delivered by Dr. Pratibha Shrestha on October 7, 2025. Dr. Shrestha is a Post Doctoral Research Associate at University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Shrestha’s lecture can be viewed at: NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program Lecture Series: Lecture Four
A Special Lecture in the series on "Publishing Mixed Methods Studies: Integration, Transparency, and Meta-Inference” was delivered by Dr. Arati Maleku on November 25, 2025. Dr. Maleku is an Associate Professor at the Ohio State University College of Social Work. Dr. Maleku’s lecture can be viewed at: NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program Lecture Series: Lecture Five
The final lecture in the series on “Scientific Publishing Strategies: Journal Selection and the Manuscript Submission Process” was co-presented by Drs. Archana Shrestha and Sadeep Shrestha on March 10, 2026. Drs Shrestha and Shrestha co-directed 2025-2026 NACA-CAIPHEN Public Health Fellowship Program. Dr. Archana Shrestha is an Associate Professor at Kathmandu University and Dr. Sadeep Shrestha is a Professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Lecture can be viewed at: NACA-CAIPHEN Fellowship Program | Lecture 06
