Community engagement for malaria elimination

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Dr Bipin Adhikari is a social scientist, infectious disease researcher, and Global Health Bioethics Network Fellow at the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU). His research sits at the intersection of infectious diseases, health systems, community engagement, and global health ethics, exploring how social, behavioural, and institutional factors shape responses to infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance across South and Southeast Asia.

Originally from Nepal, Bipin joined MORU in 2015 and completed his DPhil at the University of Oxford in 2019, where his research focused on community engagement for malaria elimination in Laos. Since completing his doctorate, he has expanded his research to examine the ethical, social, and policy dimensions of global health research, using qualitative and interdisciplinary approaches to understand how communities, researchers, institutions, and policymakers influence the design, implementation, and translation of health interventions.

Through close collaboration with clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and communities, Bipin's work aims to make health research and interventions more equitable, responsive, and grounded in local realities. His research spans malaria elimination, antimicrobial resistance, critical care, health systems, and research governance, with a particular interest in community engagement, implementation research, and the translation of evidence into policy and practice.

Bipin also contributes to training and mentoring early-career researchers across Asia, supporting the growth of regional capacity in social science and global health research. His current work explores research priority-setting, community engagement, and equitable research governance, with the aim of strengthening partnerships and improving the design, delivery, and impact of global health research.