Arnab K. Dey
Postdoctoral Researcher
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California San Diego
8885 Biological Grade, La Jolla, CA 92037
Email: arnabxdey [at] gmail [dot] com
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4585-3130 | Google
Scholar
Research interests: Environmental Epidemiology and
Health Disparities, with Focus on Extreme Weather Impacts on
Maternal-Child Health Outcomes and Gender-Based Violence; Using Machine
Learning and Causal-Inference Methods
2019-2024
University of California San Diego & San Diego State
University
Advised by: Dr. Tarik
Benmarhnia & Dr.
Anita Raj
Thesis Title: Understanding The Effects of Extreme Temperatures on The
Utilization of Maternal Health Services and Neonatal Survival in
India
2010-2012
Indian Institute of Forest Management, India
2006-2010
University of Burdwan, India
Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and
diabetes in Bangladeshi adults: Can clean air targets curb the rising
diabetes burden? Rana, J., Dey, A.K., Islam,
R. M., Dey, S., Moraga, P., Kaufman, J.S.
Science of the Total Environment (2026)
Heatwaves and Home Births: Understanding The Impact of
Extreme Heat on Place of Delivery in India Dey,
A.K., Dimitrova, A., Raj, A., Benmarhnia, T.
GeoHealth (2025)
The Effect of Extreme Temperatures on Healthcare
Utilization During Pregnancy: Findings from a Nationally Representative
Survey in India Dey, A.K., Dimitrova, A., Raj,
A., Benmarhnia, T.
Environmental Research (2025)
Two-Stage interrupted Time Series Analysis with Machine
Learning: Evaluating the Health Effects of the 2018 Wildfire Smoke Event
in San Francisco County As A Case Study Dey,
A.K., Ma, Y., Carrasco-Escobar, G., Han, C., Rerolle, F.,
Benmarhnia, T.
American Journal of Epidemiology (2025)
Impact of Extreme Heat on Domestic Violence Calls for
Services in New Orleans Dey, A.K., Rao, N.,
Thomas, E. E., Ma, Y., Riley, G., Benmarhnia, T., Raj, A.
JAMA Network Open (2025)
The 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires and Outpatient Acute
Healthcare Utilization Casey, J. A., Gu, Y. M., Schwarz, L.,
Frankland, T. B., Wilner, L. B., McBrien, H., Flores, N. M.,
Dey, A.K., Lee, G. S., Chen, C., Benmarhnia, T.,
Tartof, S. Y.
JAMA Health forum (2025)
Expulsion Rates 12 Months After Early Versus Interval
Postpartum Intrauterine Device Placement: A Randomized Trial
Averbach, S., Vaida, F., Hinz, E., Kully, G., Dey,
A.K., Lutgendorf, M., Haider, S. and Hofler, L.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2025)
Are Traditional Honor Ideologies Associated with
Fertility Goals and Contraceptive Use? Findings from a Cross-Sectional
Study with a National Sample of Women and Men in Uganda
Dey, A.K., Closson, K., Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P.,
Nabukhonzo, P. K., Nyegenye, W., & Raj, A.
African Journal of Reproductive Health (2025)
Are Households Affected by Intimate Partner Violence Less
Likely to Enroll Children Into Early Education in India: Findings from
the Fifth National Family Health Survey, 2019 to 2021 Li, H.,
Dey, A.K., Singh, A., McDougal, L., Hay, K., & Raj,
A.
Journal of interpersonal Violence (2024)
Spatial Targeting and Integration Across Vaccination,
Vitamin A and Deworming Programs Throughout India 2019–21
Rerolle, F., Dey, A.K., Benmarhnia, T., & Arnold,
B. F.
International Journal of Epidemiology (2024)
The EMERGE Framework to Measure Empowerment for Health
and Development Raj, A., Dey, A.K., Rao, N.,
Yore, J., McDougal, L., Bhan, N., Silverman, J.G., Hay, K., Thomas,
E.E., Fotso, J.C. and Lundgren, R.
Social Science & Medicine (2024)
The Association Between Quality of Contraceptive
Counseling and Selection of Contraceptive Method Post-Counseling Among
Women in Ethiopia Ermias, Y., Averbach, S. H., Dey,
A.K., Gebrehanna, E., & Holt, K.
Contraception (2023)
Provider-Patient Experiences and HIV Care Utilization
Among People Living with HIV who Inject Drugs in St. Petersburg,
Russia Raj, A., Gnatienko, N., Cheng, D.M., Blokhina, E.,
Dey, A.K., Wagman, J.A., toussova, O., Truong, V.,
Rateau, L., Lunze, K. and Krupitsky, E.
International Journal for Quality in Health Care
(2023)
The Associations of Everyday and Major Discrimination
Exposure with Violence and Poor Mental Health Outcomes During the
COVID-19 Pandemic Raj, A., Chatterji, S., Johns, N. E., Yore,
J., Dey, A.K., & Williams, D. R.
Social Science & Medicine (2023)
Early Vs Interval Postpartum intrauterine Device
Placement: A Randomized Clinical Trial Averbach, S., Kully, G.,
Hinz, E., Dey, A.K., Berkley, H., Hildebrand, M.,
Vaida, F., Haider, S. and Hofler, L.G.
JAMA (2023)
Impulsivity and Linkage to HIV Care Among People Living with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia Dey, A.K., Ennis, N., Cheng, D.M., Blokhina, E., Raj, A., Quinn, E., Bendiks, S., Palfai, T., Dunne, E.M., Cook, R.L. and Krupitsky, E. AIDS and Behavior (2022)
Factors Affecting Delayed and Non-Receipt of Healthcare
During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Women in Rural Maharashtra, India:
Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study Dey,
A.K., Bhan, N., Rao, N., Ghule, M., Chatterji, S., & Raj,
A.
Lancet EClinicalMedicine (2022)
Gender Differences in Work Attendance Among Health Care
Workers in Northern Nigeria During The COVID-19 Pandemic Taiwo,
M., Oyekenu, O., Ekeh, F., Dey, A.K., & Raj,
A.
Lancet EClinicalMedicine (2022)
Using Machine Learning to Understand Determinants of IUD
Use in India: Analyses of The National Family Health Surveys
(NFHS-4) Dey, A.K., Dehingia, N., Bhan, N.,
Thomas, E.E., McDougal, L., Averbach, S., McAuley, J., Singh, A. and
Raj, A.
SSM-Population Health (2022)
Strengthening Health Systems in Crisis Due to COVID-19
Requires Ending Violence Against Female Healthcare Workers
Dey, A.K., Hay, K., & Raj, A.
Lancet EClinicalMedicine (2022)
Help Seeking Behavior by Women Experiencing Intimate
Partner Violence in India: A Machine Learning Approach to Identifying
Risk Factors Dehingia, N., Dey, A.K.,
McDougal, L., McAuley, J., Singh, A., & Raj, A.
PloS one (2022)
How Does the Sex Composition of Children Affect Men's
Higher Ideal Family Size Preference Relative to Women and Contraceptive
Use Patterns Among Couples? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Dyadic
Couple's Data in India Dey, A.K., Acharya, R.,
Tomar, S., Silverman, J. G., & Raj, A.
SSM-Population Health (2021)
Measuring Quality of Family Planning Counseling and its
Effects on Uptake of Contraceptives in Public Health Facilities in Uttar
Pradesh, India: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Dey,
A.K., Averbach, S., Dixit, A., Chakraverty, A., Dehingia, N.,
Chandurkar, D., Singh, K., Choudhry, V., Silverman, J.G. and Raj,
A.
PLoS ONE (2021)
Associations of Intimate Partner Violence and
Reproductive Coercion with Contraceptive Use in Uttar Pradesh, India:
How Associations Differ Across Contraceptive Methods Tomar, S.,
Dehingia, N., Dey, A.K., Chandurkar, D., Raj, A., &
Silverman, J. G.
PLoS ONE (2020)
Infection Prevention Preparedness and Practices for
Female Sterilization Services Within Primary Care Facilities in Northern
India Kumar, A., Gautam, A., Dey, A.K., Saith,
R., Uttamacharya, Achyut, P., Gautam, V., Agarwal, D., Chakraverty, A.,
Mozumdar, A. and Aruldas, K.,
BMC Health Services Research (2020)
Family Support and Community Respect for Community Health
Workers and the Association of These with CHW Productivity and Clinic
Health Care Utilization Dehingia, N., Shakya, H., Chandurkar,
D., Hay, K., Dey, A.K., Singh, K., Silverman, J.G. and
Raj, A.
Journal of Global Health Reports (2020)
Family Planning Counseling and Its Associations with
Modern Contraceptive Use, Initiation, and Continuation in Rural Uttar
Pradesh, India Dehingia, N., Dixit, A., Averbach, S., Choudhry,
V., Dey, A.K., Chandurkar, D., Nanda, P., Silverman,
J.G. and Raj, A.,
Reproductive Health (2019)
Choice of Contraceptive Methods in Public and Private
Facilities in Rural India Mozumdar, A., Gautam, V., Gautam, A.,
Dey, A.K, Uttamacharya, Saith, R., Achyut, P., Kumar,
A., Aruldas, K., Chakraverty, A. and Agarwal, D.
BMC Health Services Research (2019)
Disrupting Gender Norms in Health Systems: Making The
Case for Change Hay, K., McDougal, L., Percival, V., Henry, S.,
Klugman, J., Wurie, H., Raven, J., Shabalala, F., Fielding-Miller, R.,
Dey, A.K., and Dehingia, N.
The Lancet (2019)
Understanding Intersections of Social Determinants of
Maternal Healthcare Utilization in Uttar Pradesh, India
Dey, A.K., Hay K, Afroz B, Chandurkar D, Singh K,
Dehingia N, et al.
SSM-Population Health (2018)
Heterogeneities in Utilization of Antenatal Care in Uttar
Pradesh, India: The Need to Contextualize Interventions to Individual
Contexts Sridharan S, Pereira A, Hay K, Dey,
A.K., Chandurkar D, Veldhuizen S, et al.
Global Health Action (2018)
Discordance in Self-Report and Observation Data on
Mistreatment of Women By Providers During Childbirth in Uttar Pradesh,
India Dey, A.K., Shakya HB, Chandurkar D,
Kumar S, Das AK, Anthony J, et al.
Reproductive Health (2017)
Associations Between Mistreatment by a Provider During
Childbirth and Maternal Health Complications in Uttar Pradesh,
India Raj A, Dey, A.K., Boyce S, Seth A, Bora
S, Chandurkar D, et al.
Maternal and Child Health Journal (2017)
Towards An Understanding of The Multilevel Factors
Associated with Maternal Health Care Utilization in Uttar Pradesh,
India Sridharan S, Dey, A.K., Seth A,
Chandurkar D, Singh K, Hay K, et al.
Global Health Action (2017)
Differential Effects of Community Health Worker Visits
Across Social and Economic Groups in Uttar Pradesh, India: A Link
Between Social Inequities and Health Disparities Seth A, Tomar
S, Singh K, Chandurkar D, Chakraverty A, Dey, A.K., et
al.
International Journal for Equity in Health (2017)
Using Google Trends Data to Assess Reproductive Health
Needs in Nigeria During COVID-19 Dey, A.K.,
Dehingia N., Raj A.
Big Data and Gender in the Age of COVID-19: A Brief Series from UC San
Diego (2021)
Topic Modeling of Twitter Data to Identify Issues
Impacting Women and Girls' Education During The COVID-19
Pandemic Dey, A.K., Dehingia N.,
Sassendrakumar BR, Tripathi T, Raj A.
Big Data and Gender in the Age of COVID-19: A Brief Series from UC San
Diego (2021)
Understanding Patterns of Unplanned Pregnancies and
Abortions in India During The Covid-19 Pandemic Using Google Trends
Data Dey, A.K., Dehingia, N., Raj A.
Emerge – Blog Post (2021)
Trends in Online Misogyny Before and During the COVID-19
Pandemic: Analysis of Twitter Data from Five South-Asian
Countries Dehingia N., Lundgren R, Dey, A.K.,
Raj A.
Big Data and Gender in the Age of COVID-19: A Brief Series from UC San
Diego (2021)
Gender Differences in Social Media Communication By
National Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic Dehingia N.,
Dey, A.K., Raj A.
Big Data and Gender in the Age of COVID-19: A Brief Series from UC San
Diego (2021)
A Conceptual Framework for Measuring Empowerment
Raj A, Dey, A.K., Lundgren R, and The EMERGE Team
Emerge Project Report (2021)
What Is India Doing with all its Big Data? Dey, A.K. The Quint (2019)
Associations Between Heat and Domestic Violence: Evidence
from New Orleans, Louisiana Dey, A.K., Rao N.;
Thomas E.E., Ma Y., Riley G., Benmarhnia T., Raj A.
Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum (2024)
Heatwaves and Home Births: Impact of Extreme Heat on
Delivery Choices in India Dey, A.K., Anna
Dimitrova, Tarik Benmarhnia
36th Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental
Epidemiology (2024)
Testing Assumptions in Theories of Change
Dey, A.K., Irani L, Carden F & Mark M
American Evaluation Association Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
(2019)
Till Time (and Poor Planning) Do Us Part: Programs As Dynamic Systems: Incorporating Planning of Sustainability into Theories of Change Sridharan S, Nakaima A, Krishnan S, Dey, A.K. American Evaluation Association Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2019)
Learning Through Principles Discovery Methods When the Program Theory Is Unclear: A Data-Driven Approach to Understanding Context-Mechanisms-Outcomes Associated With Impacts Sridharan S, Mark M, Krishnan S, Nakaima A, Dey, A.K. 13th Biennial Conference – European Evaluation Society, Thessaloniki, Greece (2018)
Triangulating Evidence to Evaluate Complex Health Care
Quality Improvement Interventions in Low Resource Settings: Experiences
from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India Johar Z, Dey,
A.K., Gautam V, Saggurti N, Achyut P, Shetve M, Vajpayee
J
31st American Evaluation Association Conference, Washington DC
(2017)
Comprehensive measurement to assess impact of public health programs on Quality of Care: Examples from studies in public and private health facilities in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Nanda P, Saggurti N, Achyut P, Saith R, Dey, A.K. 4th Evaluation Conclave – Community of Evaluators – South Asia, Bhutan (2017)
Sharing Program Evaluation Experiences: A Comprehensive
Approach to Evaluate the Effect of Interventions on Reducing Health
inequities Nkwake A, Hassnain H, Ponge A, Dey,
A.K., Abegaz Y
8th AfrEA International Conference, Kampala, Uganda (2017)
The Role of Evaluations in Bridging Equities: Experiences from Latin America, Asia and Africa Atmavilas Y, Solar O, Zhao K, Sridharan S, ingabire M.G., Das A, Dey, A.K. Global Maternal and Newborn Health Conference, Mexico (2015)
The Impact of Type and Timing of Initiation of
Progestin-only Contraceptive Pills on Lactation: A Pilot Study
Kully, G., Jacobs, M., Chambers C., Dey, A.K., Bode L.,
Averbach S.
Society of Family Planning Conference (2023)
Early Versus Interval Postpartum Intrauterine Device
Placement: A Randomized Non-inferiority Trial Kully, G.,
Jacobs, M., Chambers C., Dey, A.K., Bode L., Averbach
S.
XXIV FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2023)
Intimate Partner Violence Against Women and Children's
Early Education Attendance Li H., Dey, A.K.,
Singh A.K., Raj A.
European Conference on Educational Research (2023)
Smog Shutting Schools?: Understanding The Impact of Schools Closure Due to Extreme Weather Conditions on Teachers Agency in Delhi, India Tripathi T., Raj C., Loh C. Y. S., Mamas C., Dey, A.K. European Conference on Educational Research (2023)
Topic Modeling of Twitter Data to Identify Grassroot Responses to Critical Race Theory in Schools Tripathi T., Bharanidharan S., Dey, A.K. 52nd Annual Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference (2021)
Assessing Inequities in Community Health Worker's
Interaction and its Impact in Uttar Pradesh, India Gupta S.,
Tomar S., Dey, A.K., Chandurkar D.
16th World Congress on Public Health, Online (2020)
Measuring Organizational Absorptive Capacity and Culture
to Inform Health System Strengthening Efforts in Uttar Pradesh,
India Yonzon K., Chandurkar D., Dey, A.K.,
Singh K., Choudhry V.
12th Annual Conf on the Science of Dissemination & Implementation,
Virginia (2019)
Associations Between Family Planning Counselling and
Contraceptive Continuation Among Women in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India:
Findings from a Longitudinal Study Dehingia N, Chandurkar D,
Dey, A.K., Anand P, Choudhary V, Silverman J, Raj
A.
International Conference on Family Planning, Kigali, Rwanda
(2018)
Exploring Associations Between Quality of Family Planning
Counselling and Uptake of Methods in Public Health Facilities in Uttar
Pradesh, India Dey, A.K., Choudhary V,
Dehingia N, Chandurkar D, Anand P, Frey B, Raj A.
International Conference on Family Planning, Kigali, Rwanda
(2018)
Assessing Service Quality and Facility Readiness in
Provision of Female Sterilization in Public Health Facilities in Uttar
Pradesh, India Chakrawerty A, Dehingia N, Dey,
A.K., Chandurkar D.
9th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights,
Vietnam (2017)
An integrated Approach towards Value-Based Evaluations to
Support Responsiveness in Large-Scale Health Systems Addressing
inequities Dey, A.K., Chandurkar D, Singh K,
Hay K, Dehingia N, Saggurti N, Ramesh B. M., Sridharan S.
Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Vancouver
(2016)
Provider Abuse and Discrimination During Childbirth in Uttar Pradesh, India Raj A, Seth A, Bora S, Chandurkar D, Hay K, Singh K, Das A, Dey, A.K., Chakraverty A, Shetye M, Saggurti N, Silverman J. Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Vancouver (2016)
Heat and Harm: How Extreme Temperatures Shape Healthcare Utilization and Violence Against Women Dey, A.K. School of Medicine, University of California San Diego (2025)
Using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for Environmental Epidemiological Studies Dey, A.K. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (2025)
Big Data and Gender in The Age of COVID-19 Raj A., Dehingia N., Dey, A.K. Data Feminism Network, Online (2021)
Gender Equality, Norms and Health: Lancet Series on Gender – Paper-4 Raj A., Dey, A.K. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (2019)
Big Data and Analytics for Energy Access
Dey, A.K., Thacker H, Mouli L. C., Velamala M.
India Energy Access Summit, New Delhi, India (2018)
Challenges Affecting Quality of Care in India
Walker D, Kretschmer S, Saggurti N, Dey A. K., Kumar
V.
Quality of RMNCH: Solving Challenges and Fostering Innovations, New
Delhi, India (2018)
Quality of Family Planning Services in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India Dey, A.K. Quality of RMNCH: Solving Challenges and Fostering Innovations, New Delhi, India (2018)
Rural Livelihoods to Transforming Villages: Imperative for Multi-Dimensional Change Ghose A., Kumar A., Bhatia J., Dey, A.K. Impact Conclave, New Delhi, India (2017)
Data Visualization for Effective Communication of Monitoring and Evaluation Results Dey, A.K. 4th Evaluation Conclave – Community of Evaluators – South Asia, Thimpu, Bhutan (2017)
Comprehensive Analysis of Equity for Evaluating Equity Effects and Improved Programming Dey, A.K. 8th AfrEA International Conference, Kampala, Uganda (2017)
Crisis Within Crisis: IPV and Climate-Related Disasters Dey, A.K. Research Roundtable, Futures without Violence (April 2026)
Developing and Validating Measures for Gender Equity and Empowerment Online (2022)
Data Analytics and Visualization for Corporate Decision-Making Mumbai, India (2018)
Data Visualization in R for Research Managers New Delhi, India (2018)
Data Management and Validation Using MS-Excel for District Program Managers in Uttar Pradesh Lucknow, India (2017)
Data visualization for effective communication of monitoring and evaluation results using Microsoft Excel 4th Evaluation Conclave – Community of Evaluators – South Asia, Bhutan (2017)
Comprehensive Analysis of Equity using STATA for Evaluating Equity Effects and Improved Programming 4th Evaluation Conclave – Community of Evaluators – South Asia, Bhutan (2017)
The Status of Women in New Orleans 2024
2024
Role: Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Funding: Junior League of New Orleans
Understanding the Health Impact of Air Pollution by
Race/Ethnicity in California 2023-2024
Role: Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Funding: California Air Review Board (CARB)
Impact Evaluation of a Community Level Post-Partum Family
Planning Intervention in Madhya Pradesh, India 2023
Role: Research Intern
Funding: Clinton Health Action Initiative
Evidence-Based Measures of Empowerment for Research on
Gender Equality (Emerge) (2019-2023) 2019-2023
Role: Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Funding: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Measurement Learning and Evaluation of Uttar Pradesh
Technical Support Unit (UP-TSU) (2014-2020) Role: Project
Coordinator
Funding: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Assessment of Modern Slavery in UP, Rajasthan and West
Bengal 2018
Role: Research Manager
Funding: Walk Free Foundation
Baseline Study for Partnership for Rural Integrated
Development and Empowerment 2015
Role: Research Manager
Funding: IKEA Foundation
Evaluation of Multi-Dimensional Interventions Supported
by Transforming Rural India 2015
Role: Research Manager
Funding: Transforming Rural India Foundation (TRIF)
Impact Evaluation of NORAD's Techno-Managerial
Intervention in India 2014
Role: Research Manager
Funding: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Tracking Rural Sanitation Outcomes Through Use of Mobile
Phones in Rajasthan 2013
Role: Research Manager
Funding: The World Bank, Water and Sanitation Program
Impact Evaluation of Work Done on Individual Land Under
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(MGNREGA) 2013
Role: Research Manager
Funding: United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Thin-Client to Download Data from Google Earth
Engine Link
2025
Role: Conceptualized and Worked with a Full-Stack Developer to Develop a
Point and Click Platform to Download Data from Google Earth
Engine.
EMERGE: A One Stop Shop for Validated Measures on Gender
Equity and Empowerment Link 2021-2023
Role: Developed the Back-End Architecture, Contributed to Design and
Curated Measures for the Repository
The Rural Analytic Center (TRAC) Link
2018
Role: Curated Datasets, and Contributed to Conceptualization and
Development of the Back-End Architecture and Design