Amit Bansal
Position
Researcher
Affiliation
Short info
Research
After earning his medical degree, Amit pursued advanced training in diverse fields, including:
- Three clinical diplomas in family medicine, addiction medicine, and football medicine
- A graduate certificate in translational neurotechnology
- An MPhil in international community health
- A PhD in public health, infectious diseases, biostatistics, and clinical immunology
Over the past 15 years, he has held a variety of leadership, clinical, and research roles, securing competitive grants and leading interdisciplinary projects. His core expertise includes:
- Clinical study design and management (bioavailability/bioequivalence, cognitive training, dietary and vaccine trials, cohort studies)
- Data analysis, biostatistics, and biomarker discovery
- Applications of machine learning and deep learning in healthcare
- Systematic reviews and evidence synthesis
Since 2017, Amit has been based at the University of Bergen, where he conducts innovative research on viral infections in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and icddr,b. He also contributes to medical education, having co-developed and taught courses on infectious diseases, healthcare rights, and basic life support.
His previous roles span a wide range of domains and geographies:
- Preventive and technical medicine – University of Bergen, Norway
- Infectious disease epidemiology – University of Melbourne, Australia
- Family and sports medicine – Ludhiana, India
- Computational medicine, nutrition, and cardiovascular epidemiology – University of Oulu, Finland
- Pharmaceutical R&D and critical care – contract research organisation (CRO), Delhi, India
- Translational neurotechnology – NeuroCognitive Imaging Lab (NCIL), Halifax, Canada
- Infectious diseases – Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India
Amit is always open to meaningful conversations and collaborative opportunities. Feel free to connect to explore how you can work together to drive impactful change in healthcare.
Publications
Academic article
Master’s thesis
Letter to the editor
Conference lecture
Doctoral thesis (PhD)
Conference poster
Study protocol
Academic literature review