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Ambade, Preshit

DrPH

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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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Peer-reviewed articles

  1. Neil J. MacKinnon and Preshit N. Ambade (2025). National academies of practice's member survey on workplace mental health and well-being. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2025.100784
  2. Ambade P.N., Hoffman Z, Mehra K, et al. (2025). Hospital discharge communication problems in 10 high-income nations: a secondary analysis of an international health policy survey. BMJ Open;15:e094724. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094724
  3. Ambade P.N., Hoffman Z, Minseo Y, et al. (2025). A National Survey of Health Preceptors’ Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being. Electron J Gen Med. 2025;22(5):em682. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/16746
  4. Escobar, S., MacKinnon, N. J., Ambade, P., Hoffman, Z., & Cuadros, D. F. (2025). Spatiotemporal analysis of substance use disorder mortality in the United States: an observational study of emerging hotspots and vulnerable populations (2005–2020). The Lancet Regional Health–Americas, 45
  5. Ambade P.N., Hoffman Z, Vest T, et al. (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;15:e089430. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089430
  6. Ambade P.N., Hoffman Z., Mehra K., Gunja M., Moore J. X. (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. 
  7. Wang, J. Z., Chow, R., Shin, S., Yang, S., Ambade, P., Jama, S., ... & Pakhale, S. (2024). Race-Based Pulmonary Function Testing Correction in COPD Inhaler Therapy Trials: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2285-2297. 
  8. MacKinnon, N. J., Ambade, P. N., Hoffman, Z. T., Mehra, K., Ange, B., Ruffa, A., ... & Odo, N. (2024). Development of a New Instrument to Measure Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 8(6), 507-516. 
  9. Ambade, P.N., Hoffman, Z. T., Mehra, K., MacKinnon, N. J., (2024) Predictors of Advance Care Planning in Eleven High-Income Nations. Journal of American Geriatrics Society. 
  10. Ambade, P.N., Hajjar, J., Adjei, N., Yaya, S. (2024, August) Using the Family Planning Estimation Tool (FPET) to estimate 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.
  11. MacKinnon, N. J., Powell-Williams, M., Ambade, P., Emery, V., Punukollu, P., Chen, M., (2024, August) Evaluation of an International Collaborative to Address Wicked Rural Health Issues: All The Things She Said. Scientific Reports.
  12. Ambade, P. N., Thavorn, K., & Pakhale, S. (2023, July). COVID-19 Pandemic: Did Strict Mobility Restrictions Save Lives and Healthcare Costs in Maharashtra, India?. In Healthcare (Vol. 11, No. 14, p. 2112). MDPI.
  13. MacKinnon, N. J., Emery, V., Waller, J., Ange, B., Ambade, P., Gunja, M., & Watson, E. (2023). Mapping Health Disparities in 11 High-Income Nations. JAMA network open, 6(7), e2322310-e2322310.
  14. Ambade, P. N., Gerald, J., & Rahman, T. (2023, May). Wealth Status and Health Insurance Enrollment in India: An Empirical Analysis. In Healthcare (Vol. 11, No. 9, p. 1343). MDPI.
  15. Ambade P., Rahman T. (2022). Working Paper: Do National Health Insurance Programs for the Poor Improve the Relative Health Outcomes of the Poor? Evidence from India. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4228939
  16. Ambade P., Pakhale S., Rahman T. (2022). Explaining caste-based disparities in enrollment for national health insurance program in India: A decomposition analysis. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01374-8.
  17. Imran, M., Uddin, A., Ambade, P. N., et al. (2022). "SARS CoV-2 RT PCR positivity in relation to the demographic characteristics and symptoms in COVID-19 patients, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: A prospective cohort study. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 116(8):750-757. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trac057.
  18. Huynh N., Saania Tariq S.,…., Ambade P., ….., and Smita Pakhalé S. (2022). Personalized Multi-component Interventions for Tobacco Dependence Management in Low Socio-Economic Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76:716-729.
  19. Imran, M., Uddin, A., Khan, S., Khan, S., Uddin, A., Khan, M., Salman, Ambade, P. N. (2021). COVID-19 Situation in Pakistan: A Broad Overview. Respirology, 2021;1–2. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14093.
  20. Ambade, P. N., Katragadda, C., Sun, D., Bootman, J. L., & Abraham, I. (2019). Why health policies should be transnational: A case for East Asia Pacific countries. International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine, (Preprint), 1-25.

 Book chapter

Ambade, P. N. (2020). Chapter 24- Gurukul of Skill in Dongargaon, Chhattisgarh, In: Making Development Happen: Transformational Change in Rural India, K. Seeta Prabhu and S. Parasuraman ed., Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd.

 Book review

Ambade, P. N. (2022) Corporatizing American health care: How we lost our health care system Robert Derlet Baltimore, MD, John Hopkins University Press, 2021c. $29.95. Paperback pp. 216. ISBN: 9781421439587.

 Reports

  1. MacKinnon NJ, Ambade PN, Zimmerman CN, Haddad CN, Weid PS. Analysis of Spokane Regional Health District Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being: A Report. December 2025; 1-39.

  2. Ambade PN, Hoffman Z, Hodgkins K, Weed P, MacKinnon NJ. National Academies of Practice (NAP) Membership Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Survey 2024: A Brief Report. May 2025; 1-31.
    MacKinnon NJ, Ambade PN, Hoffman Z, Yi M. National Area Health Education Centers Organization (NAO) Preceptors’ Survey 2024: A Brief Report. June 2024; 1-31. 

Presentations (Oral)

  1. Ambade PN. Bench to Bedside to Bench Seminar, Lecture: Workplace Mental Health & Well-Being in Health Professionals: The Development and Testing of a New Instrument. Central Michigan University, College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, MI; May 13, 2025.
  2. Ambade PN. Department Seminar, Lecture: Neglected Topics in Social Determinants of Health: Refocusing on Workplace Wellbeing and Healthcare Financing in the Post-Pandemic World. Augusta University, School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics; September 25, 2024.
  3. Ambade PN & Hajjar J. Canadian Red Cross Society section presentation, Topic: Using the Family Planning Estimation Tool (FPET) to estimate national-level family planning trends and future projections for contraceptive prevalence and associated demand for HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa; October 8, 2024.
  4. Ambade PN & Hoffman Z. Roundtable discussion, Topic: Psychometric Testing of a New Instrument to Measure Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being. Georgia Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Conference 2024, Jekyll Island, GA; May 1-3, 2024.
  5. Ambade PN & Hoffman Z.  Roundtable discussion, Topic: Development of The Augusta Scale, a Workplace Mental Health and Well-being Survey. Georgia Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Conference 2024 at Jekyll Island, GA; May 1-3, 2024.
  6. Ambade PN. Roundtable discussion, Topic: How severe mobility restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic impacted institutional delivery-related out-of-pocket expenditure? Empirical evidence from India. Southern Economic Association (SEA) 93rd Annual Meeting at New Orleans, LA; November 18-20, 2023. 
  7. Ambade PN. Oral session, Topic: Evaluation of an international collaborative to address wicked rural health issues: All the things she said. American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting at Atlanta, GA; November 12-15, 2023.
  8. Ambade PN. Roundtable discussion, Topic: The link between perceived racism and health services utilization among older adults: A health equity analysis of commonwealth fund’s 2021 international health policy survey. American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting at Atlanta, GA; November 12-15, 2023.
  9. Ambade PN. Roundtable discussion, Topic: Addressing Rural Health Challenges in Georgia and Scotland: A Framework for International Collaboration. Georgia Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Conference 2023 at Jekyll Island, GA; May 3-5, 2023.
  10. Ambade PN. Back to Basics lecture series for M4 medical graduates, Topic: Population Health: Social Determinants of Health and Health Promotion. University of Ottawa, College of Medicine; December 2022.
  11. Ambade PN. Co-moderator of a panel discussion at Evidence for Development What Works Global Summit (WWGS 2021), Topic: COVID-19 pandemic response: India and Pakistan; October 18-26, 2021.
  12. Ambade PN. Co-moderator of a plenary session at Canadian Public Health Association’s (CPHA) COVID-19 and Public Health Forum 2021, Topic: COVID-19 impact on marginalized communities in Canada; April 21-22, 2021.

 Presentations (poster)

  1. Presenter, poster presentation titled “Canadian Hospital Pharmacy Leadership Training and Learning Needs: Results from A Country-Wide Leadership Survey 2024” at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Expo 2025, held between 2-5 November 2025 at Washington, D.C.
  2. Presenter, oral presentation titled “The Evolving Landscape of Substance Use Disorder Mortality in the United States: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Emerging Hotspots and Vulnerable Populations (2005-2020)” at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Expo 2025, held between 2-5 November 2025 at Washington, D.C.
  3. Author, poster presentation titled “Global Patterns of Telehealth Use and Satisfaction in Primary Care and Mental Health Services” at the Michigan Chapter of the American College of Physicians’ 8th Annual Scientific Meeting, held on 26th September 2025 at Acme, MI.
  4. Author, poster presentation titled “Incidence & Short-Term Outcomes of Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease” at the Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams (PERT) Research Consortium’s 11th Annual Pulmonary Embolism Scientific Symposium, held between 17-20 September 2025 at San Diego, CA.
  5. Presenter, poster presentation titled “Assessment of Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Using the Augusta Scale Among Healthcare Professionals: Report from a 2024 Survey of the National Academies of Practice Membership” at the 20th Annual Michigan Epidemiology Conference, held on 11 April 2025 at Mount Pleasant, MI.
  6. Presenter, poster presentation titled “The Evolving Landscape of Substance Use Disorder Mortality in the United States: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Emerging Hotspots and Vulnerable Populations (2005-2020)” at the 20th Annual Michigan Epidemiology Conference, held on 11 April 2025 at Mount Pleasant, MI.
  7. Author, poster presentation titled “Assessment of Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Using the Augusta Scale Among Healthcare Professionals: Report from a 2024 Survey of the National Academies of Practice Membership” at the Central Michigan University College of Health Profession’s 8th Annual Research Symposium, held on 9th April 2025 at Mount Pleasant, MI.
  8. Author, poster presentation titled “Qualitative Analysis of Workplace Interventions: Report from a 2024 Survey of the National Academies of Practice Membership” at the Central Michigan University Student Creative & Research Endeavors Exhibition (SCREE), held on 2nd April 2025 at Mount Pleasant, MI.
  9. Author, poster presentation titled “Communication let me down: Hospital discharge communication problems in 10 high-income nations” at American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting held between 27-30 October 2024 at Minneapolis, MN. 
  10. Author, poster presentation titled “Death at one's elbow: Factors influencing advance care planning activities in 11 high-income nations” at American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting held between 27-30 October 2024 at Minneapolis, MN. 
  11. Author, poster presentation titled “Medicaid coverage continuity matters: Evaluating the impact of the families first coronavirus act 2020 using medical expenditure panel survey 2019-21” at American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting held between 27-30 October 2024 at Minneapolis, MN.
  12. Presenter, poster presentation titled “Development and validation of an Index of Social Attributes Predictive of Frailty Among Older Adults” at Georgia Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Conference 2024, held between 1-33 May 2024 at Jekyll Island, GA.
  13. Presenter, poster presentation titled “Leave in Silence: Hospital Discharge Communication Problems in Older Adults in 11 Countries” at Georgia Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Conference 2024, held between 1-3 May 2024 at Jekyll Island, GA.
  14. Presenter, poster presentation titled “The link between perceived racism and healthcare utilization among older adults: a health equity analysis” at Georgia Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Conference 2024, held between 1-3 May 2024 at Jekyll Island, GA.
  15. Author, poster presentation titled “Development of the Augusta Scale: A Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Survey” at AcademyHealth’s 2024 Annual Research Meeting, June 29 - July 2, in Baltimore, MD.
  16. Presenter, poster presentation titled “Psychometric Testing of a New Instrument to Measure Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being” at National Academies of Practice (NAP) 2024 NAP Annual Meeting & Forum scheduled on 15-16 March 2023 at Jacksonville, FL.
  17. Presenter, poster session titled “Mapping health disparities in 11 high-income nations: When geography matters” at American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting held between 12-15 November 2023 at Atlanta, GA.
  18. Presenter, poster session titled “Uncovering Geographic Health Disparities: A Secondary Analysis of the Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey” at Georgia Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Conference 2023 held between 3-5 May 2023.
  19. Presenter, poster session titled “Explaining caste-based disparities in enrollment for national health insurance program in India: A decomposition analysis? at Evidence for Development What Works Global Summit (WWGS 2021) online conference between 18-26 October 2021.
  20. Presenter, poster session titled “COVID-19 pandemic: Did complete lockdown saved lives and cost in Maharashtra, India?” presented at the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) COVID-19 and Public Health Forum 2021, Canada held virtually between 21-22 April 2021.
  21. Presenter, poster session titled “COVID-19 pandemic: Did complete lockdown saved lives and cost in Maharashtra, India?” presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2020 VIRTUAL Annual Meeting and Expo, USA, held between 24-28 October 2020.
  22. Presenter, poster session titled “Explaining caste-based disparities in enrollment for national health insurance program (RSBY) in India: A decomposition analysis.” presented at the 2019 Public Health Poster Forum, Tucson, Arizona, USA, held on 29 March 2019.
  23. Presenter, poster session titled “Transnational Health Economic Policy Development: Study of East Asian and Pacific Countries.” presented at the 12th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, held between 10-12 January 2018.
  24. Author, poster session titled “Transnational Health Economic Policy Development: Study of East Asian and Pacific Countries.” presented at the 76th International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2016 Buenos Aires, Argentina, held in Aug-Sept 2016.
Nabuo Maeda International Research Award 2023, Aging & Public Health Section of American Public Health Association.

01/2018 - 12/2018
Coursework, Certificate in College Teaching, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.

08/2015 - 08/2020
Post Graduate, Doctor of Public Health, Public Health Policy and Management, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.

07/2010 - 05/2012
Post Graduate, Master of Health Administration, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.

07/2003 - 05/2009
Degree, Bachelor of Ayurved Medicine and Surgery, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, India.

05/2018 - American Public Health Association, Member