Jagdish Khubchandani

MBBS, Ph.D., MPH

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Professor

jagdish@nmsu.edu
575-646-5183
HSS 341

Jagdish Khubchandani serves as Professor of Public Health and Online Program Coordinator at New Mexico State University. His research interests are in the areas of global health, social epidemiology, and injury and violence prevention. Within the past decade, he has coauthored more than 100 research articles in prominent medical and public health journals. His work has been funded by agencies such as the National Science Foundation, Office of Women’s Health/DHHS, and NM Higher Education Department. 

Khubchandani has served as an ad-hoc reviewer, committee member, or consultant for government agencies such as the NIH, CDC, SAMHSA, FDA, and EPA. He is also involved in the scientific publishing field as a reviewer, editorial advisor, and editor for several journals. He has served as an elected Director and currently serves as the Secretary for the World Association of Medical Editors. More recently, Khubchandani and his works have been quoted by media outlets such as CNN, NY Times, Huffington Post, Fox News, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, among several others. 

Education

  • PhD, University of Toledo, OH, USA
  • MPH, Western Kentucky University, KY, USA
  • MBBS, DAVV University, Indore, India

Publications

       The complete list of Khubchandani’s publications can be found at:
  Google Scholar  and  PubMed 

 

Awards & Honors

2025

J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Award
Department of Government, New Mexico State University

2024

Lyndon Haviland Public Health Mentoring Award
American Public Health Association

2024

Plenary Speaker- Annual Research & Creativity Week
NMSU Faculty Research Council

2020

Karen Denard Goldman Mentor Award
Society for Public Health Education

2019

Outstanding Teacher: Lawhead Award in General Education
Ball State University

2017

Outstanding Diversity Advocate
Ball State University

2017

Dorothy Nyswander Open Society Award
Society for Public Health Education

2014

Outstanding Junior Faculty
Ball State University

2012

Governor’s Award for Service Learning  
Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Government of Indiana