Akshaya Bhagavathula, PhD
Associate Professor
640S Aldevron Tower
701.231.6549
Education
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Public Health & Technology, 2022-2023
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Doctor of Philosophy, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 2022
United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Doctor of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy, 2012
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India
Bachelor of Pharmacy, 2009
The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, India
Responsibilities
Faculty member, BS Health Services and Master of Public Health programs
Student advisor, Master of Public Health Program, Epidemiology track
Courses
PH 301: Research Methods in Health Services
PH 474: Epidemiology
PH 750: Epidemiologic Methods I
PH 752: Epidemiologic Methods II
Areas of Expertise and Research Interests
- Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
- Digital Health and Telemedicine
- Health Equity and Disparities
- Infodemiology
- Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Causal Analysis
- Legal Epidemiology
Professional Memberships
American College of Epidemiology
American Public Health Association
Royal Statistics Society
American Pancreatic Association
Professional Affiliations
- Board of Directors, American College of Epidemiology: 2024 - 2025
- Chair, Communications (2023-2025): American Public Health Association – Health Informatics and Information Technology
- Legal Epidemiology Fellow - Center for Public Health Law Research | Temple University - Beasley School of Law, PA 19122
- Research Collaborator, Mayo Clinic – Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Jacksonville, FL
- Associate Editor, JMIR Public Health & Surveillance
- Editorial Board member, Annals of Epidemiology
Selected Publications (of 356)
h-index = 60, i-10 index = 180
Complete list: Google Scholar & PubMed
- GBD 2021 US Burden of Disease and Forecasting Collaborators. Burden of disease scenarios by state in the USA, 2022-50: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024 Dec 7;404(10469):2341-2370. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02246-3.
- Mokdad AH, Bisignano C, Hsu JM, Bryazka D, Cao S, Bhattacharjee NV, Dalton BE, Lindstedt PA, Smith AE, Ababneh HS, Abbasgholizadeh R, Bhagavathula AS. Burden of disease scenarios by state in the USA, 2022–50: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet. 2024 Dec 7;404(10469):2341-70. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02246-3.
- Bhagavathula AS, Daglis T, Chattu VK. Temporal trends in online searches related to COVID-19 vaccine safety: A digital infodemiology study. Health Promot Perspect. 2024 Oct 31;14(3):304-311. doi: 10.34172/hpp.43117.
- Alshehri AA, Khawagi WY, Alqahtani SM, Aljohani RM, Aldajani RM, Althobaiti MS, Alzlami TT, Bhagavathula AS. Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older Adults in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2024 Dec 2. doi: 10.1007/s44197-024-00332-3.
- Bhagavathula AS, Lopez-Soto D. Telehealth adoption for substance use and mental health disorders in Minnesota and North Dakota: a quasi-experimental study. Mhealth. 2024 Oct 17;10:31. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-24-43.
- Bhagavathula AS, Dobbs PD. Online Interest in Elf Bar in the United States: Google Health Trends Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Nov 5;26:e50343. doi: 10.2196/50343.
- Bhagavathula AS, Daglis T, Nishimura Y. Trends in racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in substance use disorders mortality in the United States, 2000-2019. Am J Addict. 2024 Oct 9. doi: 10.1111/ajad.13654.
- Aldhaleei WA, Wallace MB, Bi Y, Rusk AM, Bhagavathula AS. Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Disparities in Digestive Diseases Mortality in the United States, 2000-2019. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Aug 28:S1542-3565(24)00768-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.07.035.
- Aldhaleei WA, Wallace MB, Bhagavathula AS. Trends and Age-Period-Cohort Effect on the Incidence of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer (20-44 Years) from 1990 to 2021 in the United States. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Aug 19;16(16):2883. doi: 10.3390/cancers16162883.
- GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024 May 18;403(10440):2162-2203. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00933-4.
- Aldhaleei WA, Abegaz TM, Bhagavathula AS. Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Associated Gastrointestinal Adverse Events: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the National Institutes of Health All of Us Cohort. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2024 Feb 2;17(2):199. doi: 10.3390/ph17020199. PMID: 38399414; PMCID: PMC10891568.
- Aldhaleei WA, Bakheet N, Odah T, Jett H, Wallace MB, Lacy BE, Bhagavathula AS, Bi Y. The effect of virtual reality on perioperative pain management in patients undergoing gastrointestinal procedures and surgeries: a systematic review of clinical trials. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Nov;28(11):1762-1768. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.08.005.
- Fujiwara S, Leibovitch E, Harada K, Nishimura Y, Woo R, Otsuka F, Bhagavathula AS. Trends in adverse effects of medical treatment in Paediatric populations in the United States: A global burden of disease study, 2000-2019. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2024 Nov;38(8):692-699. doi: 10.1111/ppe.13116.
- Bhagavathula AS, Aldhaleei WA. Bridging the Telehealth Divide: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicare Telehealth Usage Highlights the Need for Equity-Focused Approaches. Telemedicine & e-Health. Doi: 10.1089/tmj.2023.0536.
- Bhagavathula AS, Aldhaleei WA. (2024). Alcohol and Substance Use Among the Working Age Population: A Nationwide Study of Fall-Related Emergency Department Visits. Journal of Studies in Alcohol & Drugs. Doi: 10.15288/jsad.23-00330.