Lessons from Two Implementation Studies
This Global Partner Spotlight highlights the work of our partners around the world. These sessions will provide a window into the priorities, challenges, and innovations of our collaborators in-country.
Speakers
Sabitri Sapkota, PhD is the Executive Director at Possible, a not-for-profit organization that builds and tests innovations drawing from and contributing to both local and global knowledge. Based in Kathmandu, Nepal, she leads large mixed-methods studies and complex trials, including stepped-wedge cluster randomized designs, with a focus on behavioral interventions, task-sharing, and implementation science. She serves as a MPI on various NIH- and foundation-funded research projects aimed at developing and testing interventions to improve women’s health, address intimate partner violence, and tackle non-communicable diseases and mental health conditions. She works closely with government and other stakeholders to inform evidence-informed policy and practice. Sabitri holds a degree in public health from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and earned a PhD in Health Sciences from Hiroshima University, Japan.
Kripa Sigdel is a psychologist and mental health researcher serving as Senior Mental Health Research Manager at Possible. She is also a co-investigator and study manager on multiple research projects at Possible, which aims at designing behavioral interventions targeting mental health, suicidality, and non-communicable diseases, and testing them in Nepal. With more than 10 years of experience in psychology and mental health research, Sigdel’s professional interests center on designing and implementing behavioral interventions, working closely with communities to test them, and generating evidence to inform policy. She is currently in the final year of her PhD, with a focus on exploring youth suicidality and social connectedness in Nepal.
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