Dr. Tara Adhikari

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Tara Ballav Adhikari is a public health researcher working at the intersection of global health, planetary health, and noncommunicable disease control. Her work focuses on chronic respiratory diseases, environmental exposures related to climate change, and health system approaches that strengthen prevention, early detection, and continuity of noncommunicable disease care in diverse settings. Tara holds a PhD in Public Health from Aarhus University and contributes to chronic respiratory disease work at the World Health Organization Headquarters. Her research integrates implementation science and health system strengthening to generate evidence that supports equitable access, system resilience, and policy uptake. Tara's interests include studying how primary health care and community-based systems can improve early detection, prevention, and continuity of care for noncommunicable diseases in both high-income and low-resource settings. She applies mixed methods in implementation research, behavioral science, and environmental epidemiology, aiming to create evidence that informs both national and global health policy. Additionally, her teaching portfolio includes courses in global health, climate change and health, and public health medicine, where she also supervises bachelor, master, and PhD students.

Research Interests

Experience

Consultant

2024-12-01 — Present

World Health Organization • Geneva, Switzerland

Supporting technical work for chronic respiratory diseases, including development materials for primary care.

Scientific Coordinator

— Present

Danish Big Data Center Environment Health • Aarhus, Denmark

Overseeing scientific activities and collaborations.

Requirements for Aarhus University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:83
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field Specific credit requirements in programming, algorithms, and computer systems
Application Checklist
  • Official Bachelor's degree certificate
  • Official transcripts of records
  • Course descriptions
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Documentation of English language proficiency
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science offers tracks in Software Efficiency, Cryptography, and Data Science.