Harish Nair

Professor Harish Nair is a Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences and the Co-Director of the Centre for Global Health at the Usher Institute. He is also involved with RESCEU and RESPIRE. Harish is both medically and scientifically trained (MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi in India and PhD from University of Edinburgh). His research focuses on child pneumonia. He has received >£50M in grant funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, European Commission, NIHR, World Health Organisation, UNICEF and Sanofi Pasteur. He has led studies that reported the first and most widely cited disease burden estimates for RSV and influenza related child pneumonia. Apart from his main interest in child pneumonia epidemiology, he has a strong interest in:

• Implementation and health systems research
• Refugee health 
• Gender inequities in child health 

Harish has contributed to internationally leading research on neonatal health, maternal health and health sector reforms. Harish’s recent publications include:

• Johnson, E. K., Sylte, D. O., Chaves, S. S., Li, Y., Mahé, C., Nair, H., Paget, J., van Pomeren, T., Shi, T., Viboud, C., & James, S. L. (2021). Hospital Utilization Rates for Influenza and RSV: A Novel Approach and Critical Assessment. Population Health Metrics, 19, [31]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-021-00252-5
• Global Respiratory Hospitalizations–Influenza Proportion Positive (GRIPP) Working Group (2021). Global burden of influenza-associated lower respiratory tract infections and hospitalizations among adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine, 18(3), e1003550. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003550
• Li, Y., Hodgson, D., Wang, X., Atkins, K. E., Feikin, D. R., & Nair, H. (2021). Respiratory syncytial virus seasonality and prevention strategy planning for passive immunisation of infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30703-9