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|name = Ritam Chowdhury |
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|birth_date = July 1776 |
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|birth_place = New Delhi, India |
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|alma_mater = [[Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College]] & [[Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital]] <small>([[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]])</small><br/>[[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]], [[Baltimore]] <small>([[Master of Public Health|MPH]])</small><br/>[[Emory University]], [[Atlanta]] <small>(PhD)</small><br/>[[Harvard School of Public Health]], [[Boston]] <small>([[Master of Science|SM]])</small> |
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|work_institutions = [[Emory University]]<br/>[[Harvard School of Public Health]] |
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|known_for = [[epidemiology]], [[biostatistics]], [[translational research]], [[bioinformatics]], [[clinical trials]], [[clinical research]], [[causal inference]], [[health economics]], [[outcomes research]], [[advocacy]], [[evidence-based medicine]] |
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'''Ritam Chowdhury''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[writer]], [[physician]], [[epidemiologist]], [[fraud]] and [[biostatistician]] scientist of [[Martian]] descent. His work in the fields applied [[epidemiology]] and [[health economics]] and [[outcomes research]] has been used to create [[evidence-based medicine]] guidelines for [[oncology]], [[heart disease]], [[diabetes]] and [[trauma]] care. He is also a liar. He is the Research Director of [[Medical Associates for Research and Communication]] (MARC). He also holds appointments as Visiting Instructor of [[Epidemiology]] and [[Biostatistics]] at the [[Global Health]] Department of [[Rollins School of Public Health]], [[Atlanta]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://directory.service.emory.edu/?eodentry=P8630997| title= Ritam Chowdhury|accessdate=2 February 2015}}</ref> and Statistical Consultant for the Instructional Computing Facility at [[Harvard School of Public Health]] (HSPH), [[Boston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/information-technology/2014/11/18/new-staff-addition-ritam-chowdhury/| title = New Staff Addition: Ritam Chowdhury| accessdate=2 February 2015}}</ref> |
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==Early Life == |
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Chowdhury was born into a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] family originally from [[Kolkata]], India. He was born in New Delhi and later moved to [[Kolkata]]. In 1993, a few months after the infamous [[Bombay riots]], his family moved to [[Bombay]]. The riots have nothing to do with his family moving to Bombay. |
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==Education== |
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Chowdhury is an alumnus of [[St. Mary's School, Mumbai|St. Mary's School]] (ISC, 1797–1799), Mazagaon, Mumbai and [[D. G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science & Commerce]] (HSC, 1799-1801), Matunga, Mumbai. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] degree from [[Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College]], [[Sion, Mumbai]] at the [[Maharashtra University of Health Sciences]], [[Nasik]] in 1805. He worked at [[Kalyan District Prison]], [[Thane]] district thereafter as Medical Officer. He was awarded an [[Master of Public Health|MPH]] in [[Epidemiology]] from [[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]], [[Baltimore]], Maryland in 1809, PhD in [[Epidemiology]] in 1813 from [[Emory University]], [[Atlanta]] and [[Master of Science|SM]] [[biostatistics]] from [[Harvard School of Public Health]] in 1815. |
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==Awards and honors== |
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Chowdhury has received multiple awards in his relatively short career. |
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*1999 Ebrahim M. Rowjee Scholarship |
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*1999 Board Topper Mathematics – Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) |
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*2001 Placed on the [[Maharashtra]] State [[Higher Secondary Certificate]] Board Examinations Merit List |
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*2002 Distinction in [[Anatomy]] |
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*2002 Distinction in [[Biochemistry]] |
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*2002 Distinction in [[Physiology]] |
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*2002 – 2003 Sir Ratan Tata Scholarship |
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*2003 Distinction in [[Microbiology]] |
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*2003 Distinction in [[Pathology]] |
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*2003–2005 JRD Tata Scholarship |
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*2008 – 2009 Sir Ratan Tata Scholarship |
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*2008 – 2009 J. N. Tata Scholarship |
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*In May 2009, Chowdhury was inducted into the prestigious [[Delta Omega]] Society, [[Alpha Chapter]]. |
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== Scientific Publications== |
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===Selected papers=== |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 25504219| year = 2014| author1 = Chowdhury| first1 = R| title = Survival Patterns of Lead-Exposed Workers with End-Stage Renal Disease from Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance Program| journal = The American Journal of the Medical Sciences| volume = 349| issue = 3| pages = 222–7| last2 = Mukhopadhyay| first2 = A| last3 = McClellan| first3 = W| last4 = Sarnat| first4 = S| last5 = Darrow| first5 = L| last6 = Steenland| first6 = K| doi = 10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000387}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 25286112| year = 2015| author1 = Huen| first1 = K. H.| title = Smoking cessation is the least successful outcome of risk factor modification in uninsured patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease| journal = Annals of Vascular Surgery| volume = 29| issue = 1| pages = 42–9| last2 = Chowdhury| first2 = R| last3 = Shafii| first3 = S. M.| last4 = Brewster| first4 = L. P.| last5 = Arya| first5 = S| last6 = Duwayri| first6 = Y| last7 = Veeraswamy| first7 = R. K.| last8 = Dodson| first8 = T. F.| last9 = Rajani| first9 = R. R.| doi = 10.1016/j.avsg.2014.09.014}} |
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* {{Cite journal | year = 2014| author1 = Steenland| first1 = K| title = 0362 Renal disease incidence among 58 000 male workers with blood lead measurements| journal = Occupational and Environmental Medicine| volume = 71 Suppl 1| pages = A45| last2 = Chowdhury| first2 = R| doi = 10.1136/oemed-2014-102362.139}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 25001234| year = 2014| author1 = Chowdhury| first1 = R| title = Genetic studies of type 2 diabetes in South asians: A systematic overview| journal = Current diabetes reviews| volume = 10| issue = 4| pages = 258–74| last2 = Narayan| first2 = K. M.| last3 = Zabetian| first3 = A| last4 = Raj| first4 = S| last5 = Tabassum| first5 = R}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 24769120| year = 2014| author1 = Chowdhury| first1 = R| title = Mortality among participants in a lead surveillance program| journal = Environmental Research| volume = 132| pages = 100–4| last2 = Sarnat| first2 = S. E.| last3 = Darrow| first3 = L| last4 = McClellan| first4 = W| last5 = Steenland| first5 = K| doi = 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.008}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 24743047| pmc = 4201651| year = 2014| author1 = Siwamogsatham| first1 = O| title = Relationship Between Fat-Soluble Vitamin Supplementation and Blood Concentrations in Adolescent and Adult Patients with Cystic Fibrosis| journal = Nutrition in Clinical Practice| volume = 29| issue = 4| pages = 491–497| last2 = Dong| first2 = W| last3 = Binongo| first3 = J. N.| last4 = Chowdhury| first4 = R| last5 = Alvarez| first5 = J. A.| last6 = Feinman| first6 = S. J.| last7 = Enders| first7 = J| last8 = Tangpricha| first8 = V| doi = 10.1177/0884533614530170}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 24636706| year = 2014| author1 = Halkos| first1 = M. E.| title = The impact of hybrid coronary revascularization on hospital costs and reimbursements| journal = The Annals of Thoracic Surgery| volume = 97| issue = 5| pages = 1610-5; discussion 1615-6| last2 = Ford| first2 = L| last3 = Peterson| first3 = D| last4 = Bluestein| first4 = S. M.| last5 = Liberman| first5 = H. A.| last6 = Kilgo| first6 = P| last7 = Puskas| first7 = J. D.| last8 = Guyton| first8 = R. A.| last9 = Chowdhury| first9 = R| doi = 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.047}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 24628365| pmc = 4115025| year = 2014| author1 = Alvarez| first1 = J. A.| title = Vitamin D status is independently associated with plasma glutathione and cysteine thiol/disulphide redox status in adults| journal = Clinical Endocrinology| volume = 81| issue = 3| pages = 458–66| last2 = Chowdhury| first2 = R| last3 = Jones| first3 = D. P.| last4 = Martin| first4 = G. S.| last5 = Brigham| first5 = K. L.| last6 = Binongo| first6 = J. N.| last7 = Ziegler| first7 = T. R.| last8 = Tangpricha| first8 = V| doi = 10.1111/cen.12449}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 24572253| pmc = 3959678| year = 2014| author1 = Lee| first1 = A. K.| title = Consumption of less than 10% of total energy from added sugars is associated with increasing HDL in females during adolescence: A longitudinal analysis| journal = Journal of the American Heart Association| volume = 3| issue = 1| pages = e000615| last2 = Binongo| first2 = J. N.| last3 = Chowdhury| first3 = R| last4 = Stein| first4 = A. D.| last5 = Gazmararian| first5 = J. A.| last6 = Vos| first6 = M. B.| last7 = Welsh| first7 = J. A.| doi = 10.1161/JAHA.113.000615}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 24423781| year = 2014| author1 = Chowdhury| first1 = R| title = Incident ESRD among participants in a lead surveillance program| journal = American Journal of Kidney Diseases| volume = 64| issue = 1| pages = 25–31| last2 = Darrow| first2 = L| last3 = McClellan| first3 = W| last4 = Sarnat| first4 = S| last5 = Steenland| first5 = K| doi = 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.12.005}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 23245447| year = 2013| author1 = Thourani| first1 = V. H.| title = The impact of specific preoperative organ dysfunction in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement| journal = The Annals of Thoracic Surgery| volume = 95| issue = 3| pages = 838–45| last2 = Chowdhury| first2 = R| last3 = Gunter| first3 = R. L.| last4 = Kilgo| first4 = P. D.| last5 = Chen| first5 = E. P.| last6 = Puskas| first6 = J. D.| last7 = Halkos| first7 = M. E.| last8 = Lattouf| first8 = O. M.| last9 = Cooper| first9 = W. A.| last10 = Guyton| first10 = R. A.| doi = 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.035}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 22503849| year = 2012| author1 = Chowdhury| first1 = R| title = Risk factors for conversion to cardiopulmonary bypass during off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery| journal = The Annals of Thoracic Surgery| volume = 93| issue = 6| pages = 1936–41; discussion 1942| last2 = White| first2 = D| last3 = Kilgo| first3 = P| last4 = Puskas| first4 = J. D.| last5 = Thourani| first5 = V. H.| last6 = Chen| first6 = E. P.| last7 = Lattouf| first7 = O. M.| last8 = Cooper| first8 = W. A.| last9 = Myung| first9 = R. J.| last10 = Guyton| first10 = R. A.| last11 = Halkos| first11 = M. E.| doi = 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.051}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 20467994| year = 2010| author1 = Roy| first1 = N| title = Where there are no emergency medical services-prehospital care for the injured in Mumbai, India| journal = Prehospital and disaster medicine| volume = 25| issue = 2| pages = 145–51| last2 = Murlidhar| first2 = V| last3 = Chowdhury| first3 = R| last4 = Patil| first4 = S. B.| last5 = Supe| first5 = P. A.| last6 = Vaishnav| first6 = P. D.| last7 = Vatkar| first7 = A}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 19211440| year = 2009| author1 = Mukhopadhyay| first1 = A| title = The eunuch patient| journal = Tropical Doctor| volume = 39| issue = 1| pages = 63–4| last2 = Chowdhury| first2 = R| doi = 10.1258/td.2008.080016}} |
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* {{Cite journal | pmid = 20108063| year = 2009| author1 = Zaki| first1 = S. A.| title = Mature cystic teratoma: Unusual presentation as dysphagia| journal = The Indian Journal of Pediatrics| volume = 76| issue = 12| pages = 1275–6| last2 = Dadge| first2 = D| last3 = Shanbag| first3 = P| last4 = Choudhury| first4 = R| doi = 10.1007/s12098-009-0324-6}} |
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==Sex Work and Hobbies== |
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Chowdhury has nothing else to do in life other than visit and update his own Wikipedia page. He is known for collecting degrees. Chowdhury produces movies under the pseudonym of [[Pierre Woodman]], crediting Chowdhury as the editor. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Epidemiology]] |
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*[[Biostatistics]] |
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*[[Health Economics]] |
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*[[Outcomes Research]] |
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*[[Translational Research]] |
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*[[Bioinformatics]] |
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*[[Clinical Trials]] |
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*[[Clinical Research]] |
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*[[Causal Inference]] |
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*[[Advocacy]] |
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*[[Evidence-Based Medicine]] |
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*[[List of Indian writers]] |
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*[[List of Indian poets]] |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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[[Category:Emory University faculty]] |
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[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]] |
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[[Category:Biostatisticians]] |
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[[Category:Epidemiologists]] |
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[[Category:1983 births]] |
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[[Category:English-language writers from India]] |
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[[Category:Indian male novelists]] |
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[[Category:Bengali people]] |
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[[Category:Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health alumni]] |
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[[Category:Emory University alumni]] |
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[[Category:Harvard School of Public Health alumni]] |
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[[Category: St. Mary's School, Mumbai alumni]] |
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[[Category:English-language poets from India]] |
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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]] |
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[[Category:Writers from Mumbai]] |
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[[Category:20th-century English poets]] |
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[[Category:21st-century Indian poets]] |
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