Research Projects :
Completed Projects:
1) An indirect study of cancer survival in India: A large scale empirical application.
2) Study of global ageing and adult health (SAGE) – Wave 2.
Continuing Projects:
1) Assessment and projection of annual cancer incidence at disctrict level by quienquennial age group and sex from 2021 to 2031 in Maharashtra
2) Projection of district level annual population by quienquennial age group and sex from 2011 to 2031 in India
3) Study of global ageing and adult health (SAGE) – Wave 3.
4) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS-4)
Research Guidance:
Ph.D. Awarded = 3
Ph.D.Continuing = 6
Dissertations = 20
Term Papers = 16
Publications:
Total number of publications = 70
Best five publications
i) Murali Dhar: A critical review of evolution of cancer registration in India, Journal of Tumour Medicine and Prevention, 2(4), 001-008 (2018).
ii) Murali Dhar: Estimation of cancer pattern by means of hospital-based cancer registries and pathology laboratory data, Academic Dissertation, Acta Universitatis Tamperensis, 2313, University of Tampere, Tampere, Findland (2017).
iii) Murali Dhar, S Lahiri, R Vijayasimha, NC Ashok and NS Murthy: Study of social loss or gain from a particular cause: Scope for the developing countries – A review with reference to cancer. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 9(4), 797-804, (2008).
iv) Murali Dhar, S Lahiri, RamnathTakiar, NC Ashok and NS Murthy: An Indirect Study of Cancer Survival in the Context of Developing Countries. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 9(3), 479-486, (2008).
v) Ambakumar Nandakumar, Narayanappa Anantha, Murali Dhar, Vijaykumar Ahuja, Rekha Kumar, Sreerama Reddy, ThalagavadiVenugopal, Rajanna, AT Vinutha and Srinivas: A Case-Control Investigation on Cancer of the Ovary in Bangalore India. Int.J.Cancer. 63, 361-365 (1995).
Latest five publications
i) Satish Kumar Chauhan and Murali Dhar: Prevalence and predictors of mental health disorders among the adolescent living in the slums of Lucknow, India: Across sectional study, Community Mental Health Journal, 49(5), 1-10, (2019).
ii) Jang Bahadur Prasad and Murali Dhar: A descriptive method of combining multiple outcomes of multiple exposures with application to cancer patients, In, India 2018 Child Health and Mortality, (Eds) AR Chaurasia, MLC Foundation, Shyam Institute, Bhopal, India (2019).
iii) Kamalesh Kumar Patel and Murali Dhar: Marital happiness among newly married individuals in a rural district in India, Social Science Spectrum, 4(2), 76-85, (2018).
iv) Jang Bahadur Prasad and Murali Dhar: Risk of major cancers associated with various forms of tobacco use in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-018-0992-7 (2018).
v) Ramprasad V, Kulkarni MM, Ran ALY, Kumar S and Murali Dhar: Usage of Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence amongst dental outpatients visiting hospitals and health care centers in coastal Karnataka, India – A cross sectional study, International Journal of Scientific Health, 7(11), 41-45, (2018).