Ambade, Preshit
DrPH
Interim Director
Assistant Professor
Biography
Preshit Ambade, DrPH, is an assistant professor of research at the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University and interim director of the master’s and doctoral health administration program at the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions. He has a background in public health policy and health administration, as well as physician training in an integrated allopathic and Ayurvedic medicine system (Bachelor of Ayurved Medicine and Surgery). With extensive academic and nonacademic experience in health policy and expertise in applied econometrics, primary and secondary data analysis, and program and economic evaluation, he has published research articles in several reputable public health journals. Collaborating with Central Michigan University President Neil MacKinnon, Ph.D., his research focuses on workplace mental health and well-being, aging-related health policies, health care financing models, and global health.
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Publications & Presentations
Ambade P.N., Hoffman Z, Minseo Y (2025). A national survey of health professional student preceptors’ workplace mental health and well-being Electron J Gen Med..
Escobar S, MacKinnon NJ, Ambade P, Hoffman Z, Cuadros DF (2025). Spatiotemporal analysis of substance use disorder mortality in the United States: an observational study of emerging hotspots and vulnerable populations (2005-2020). Lancet regional health. Americas.
Ambade PN, Hoffman Z, Mehra K, Gunja M, Moore JX (2025). The Link Between Perceived Racism and Health Services Utilization Among Older Adults: An Analysis of Commonwealth Fund's 2021 International Health Policy Survey. Medical care.
Ambade PN, Hoffman Z, Vest T, Mehra K, Gunja M, MacKinnon BH, MacKinnon NJ (2025). Factors influencing communication issues during hospital discharge for older adults in 11 high-income countries: a secondary analysis of the 2021 International Health Policy Survey. BMJ open.
Ambade PN, Hoffman Z, Mehra K, Gunja M, Yi M, MacKinnon BH, MacKinnon NJ (2025). Hospital discharge communication problems in 10 high-income nations: a secondary analysis of an international health policy survey. BMJ open.
Neil J. MacKinnon, Preshit N. Ambade (2025). National academies of practice's member survey on workplace mental health and well-being Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice.
Ambade PN, Hoffman ZT, Mehra K, MacKinnon NJ (2024). Predictors of advance care planning in 11 high-income nations. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Wang JZ, Chow R, Shin S, Yang S, Ambade P, Jama S, Frances R, Pakhale S (2024). Race-Based Pulmonary Function Testing Correction in COPD Inhaler Therapy Trials: A Systematic Review. International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
MacKinnon NJ, Ambade PN, Hoffman ZT, Mehra K, Ange B, Ruffa A, Kornegay D, Odo N (2024). Development of a New Instrument to Measure Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being. Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes.
Ambade PN, Hajjar J, Adjei NK, Yaya S (2024). Using the Family Planning Estimation Tool (FPET) to assess national-level family planning trends and future projections for contraceptive prevalence and associated demand for HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS global public health.
MacKinnon NJ, Powell-Williams M, Ambade PN, Emery V, Punukollu P, Chen M (2024). Motivators and mechanisms for an international rural health collaboration. Scientific reports.
Ambade PN, Pakhale S, Rahman T (2023). Explaining Caste-Based Disparities in Enrollment for National Health Insurance Program in India: a Decomposition Analysis. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities.
MacKinnon NJ, Emery V, Waller J, Ange B, Ambade P, Gunja M, Watson E (2023). Mapping Health Disparities in 11 High-Income Nations. JAMA network open.
Ambade PN, Gerald J, Rahman T (2023). Wealth Status and Health Insurance Enrollment in India: An Empirical Analysis. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland).
Ambade PN, Thavorn K, Pakhale S (2023). COVID-19 Pandemic: Did Strict Mobility Restrictions Save Lives and Healthcare Costs in Maharashtra, India? Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland).
Huynh N, Tariq S, Charron C, Hayes T, Bhanushali O, Kaur T, Jama S, Ambade P, Bignell T, Hegarty T, Shorr R, Pakhale S (2022). Personalised multicomponent interventions for tobacco dependence management in low socioeconomic populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of epidemiology and community health.
Imran M, Uddin A, Ambade P, Khan S, Wahab A, Akbar H, Iqbal Z, Ernst K (2022). SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positivity in relation to clinical and demographic characteristics in residents of border quarantine centres, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: a prospective cohort study. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Ambade P, Rahman T (2022). Do National Health Insurance Programs for the Poor Improve the Relative Health Outcomes of the Poor? Evidence from India SSRN.
Imran M, Khan S, Khan S, Uddin A, Khan MS, Ambade P (2021). COVID-19 situation in Pakistan: A broad overview. Respirology (Carlton, Vic.).
Ambade PN, Katragadda C, Sun D, Bootman JL, Abraham I (2019). Why health policies should be transnational: A case for East Asia Pacific countries. The International journal of risk & safety in medicine.
Escobar S, MacKinnon NJ, Ambade P, Hoffman Z, Cuadros DF (2025). Spatiotemporal analysis of substance use disorder mortality in the United States: an observational study of emerging hotspots and vulnerable populations (2005-2020). Lancet regional health. Americas.
Ambade PN, Hoffman Z, Mehra K, Gunja M, Moore JX (2025). The Link Between Perceived Racism and Health Services Utilization Among Older Adults: An Analysis of Commonwealth Fund's 2021 International Health Policy Survey. Medical care.
Ambade PN, Hoffman Z, Vest T, Mehra K, Gunja M, MacKinnon BH, MacKinnon NJ (2025). Factors influencing communication issues during hospital discharge for older adults in 11 high-income countries: a secondary analysis of the 2021 International Health Policy Survey. BMJ open.
Ambade PN, Hoffman Z, Mehra K, Gunja M, Yi M, MacKinnon BH, MacKinnon NJ (2025). Hospital discharge communication problems in 10 high-income nations: a secondary analysis of an international health policy survey. BMJ open.
Neil J. MacKinnon, Preshit N. Ambade (2025). National academies of practice's member survey on workplace mental health and well-being Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice.
Ambade PN, Hoffman ZT, Mehra K, MacKinnon NJ (2024). Predictors of advance care planning in 11 high-income nations. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Wang JZ, Chow R, Shin S, Yang S, Ambade P, Jama S, Frances R, Pakhale S (2024). Race-Based Pulmonary Function Testing Correction in COPD Inhaler Therapy Trials: A Systematic Review. International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
MacKinnon NJ, Ambade PN, Hoffman ZT, Mehra K, Ange B, Ruffa A, Kornegay D, Odo N (2024). Development of a New Instrument to Measure Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being. Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes.
Ambade PN, Hajjar J, Adjei NK, Yaya S (2024). Using the Family Planning Estimation Tool (FPET) to assess national-level family planning trends and future projections for contraceptive prevalence and associated demand for HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS global public health.
MacKinnon NJ, Powell-Williams M, Ambade PN, Emery V, Punukollu P, Chen M (2024). Motivators and mechanisms for an international rural health collaboration. Scientific reports.
Ambade PN, Pakhale S, Rahman T (2023). Explaining Caste-Based Disparities in Enrollment for National Health Insurance Program in India: a Decomposition Analysis. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities.
MacKinnon NJ, Emery V, Waller J, Ange B, Ambade P, Gunja M, Watson E (2023). Mapping Health Disparities in 11 High-Income Nations. JAMA network open.
Ambade PN, Gerald J, Rahman T (2023). Wealth Status and Health Insurance Enrollment in India: An Empirical Analysis. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland).
Ambade PN, Thavorn K, Pakhale S (2023). COVID-19 Pandemic: Did Strict Mobility Restrictions Save Lives and Healthcare Costs in Maharashtra, India? Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland).
Huynh N, Tariq S, Charron C, Hayes T, Bhanushali O, Kaur T, Jama S, Ambade P, Bignell T, Hegarty T, Shorr R, Pakhale S (2022). Personalised multicomponent interventions for tobacco dependence management in low socioeconomic populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of epidemiology and community health.
Imran M, Uddin A, Ambade P, Khan S, Wahab A, Akbar H, Iqbal Z, Ernst K (2022). SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positivity in relation to clinical and demographic characteristics in residents of border quarantine centres, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: a prospective cohort study. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Ambade P, Rahman T (2022). Do National Health Insurance Programs for the Poor Improve the Relative Health Outcomes of the Poor? Evidence from India SSRN.
Imran M, Khan S, Khan S, Uddin A, Khan MS, Ambade P (2021). COVID-19 situation in Pakistan: A broad overview. Respirology (Carlton, Vic.).
Ambade PN, Katragadda C, Sun D, Bootman JL, Abraham I (2019). Why health policies should be transnational: A case for East Asia Pacific countries. The International journal of risk & safety in medicine.
Credentials, Certifications & Awards
Nabuo Maeda International Research Award 2023
Education
Bachelor of Ayurved Medicine and Surgery, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik
Master of Health Administration, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Doctor of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (AZ)
Master of Health Administration, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Doctor of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (AZ)
Membership in Professional Organizations
American Public Health Association