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Last updated 21st August 2025

Padam Simkhada is an Associate Dean International and Professor of Global Health at the School of Human and Health Sciences. He has expertise and interest on internationalisation in Higher Education sectors. He is working collaboratively across Schools and Professional Services, and supporting the University’s ambitious international aims to broaden the global partnerships, develop a successful transnational education portfolio, increase international student recruitment and continue to enhance reputation as a world-leading institution.

Padam remains an active researcher, having authored over 230 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. His current research are on health system research, longitidunal study looking at risk factors for NCDs and migration and health. He has methodological expertise particularly in systematic review, evidence synthesis and mixed methods. He is also an educationalist and recognise the importance of internationalisation on teaching and research. In the recent past he developed and run a series of postgraduate Public Health courses. He has supervised many PhD students. Currently 10 PhD students are working with him under his supervision. He is internationally known in public health field. He has received many prestigious awards of public health field such as Global Health Award 2013. He has experience of working many countries.

Padam has completed M.Sc. in Public Health and Health Promotion from Brunel University and PhD from Southampton University, UK. Before he moved Huddersfield University, he was an Associate Dean of Global Engagement and Professor of International Health at Liverpool John Moores University (2014-2019), Senior Lecturer in International Health at Sheffield University (2010-2014) and Programme Co-ordinator and Lecturer in International Health at the University of Aberdeen (2002-2010).  Previously, he worked for Save the Children (UK) and Ministry of Health in Nepal.

Padam is a Visiting Professor in Nepal, Visiting Professor in Bournemouth University and Liverpool John Moores University and Adjunct Faculty at Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences Nagpur, India.