Swastika Shrestha

“Dr. Swastika Shrestha is a research associate at BNMT, where she initially joined as a research officer for the ‘Breaking the Stigma’ project. In this role, she was responsible for data collection and publishing an article based on the research findings. She later took the lead in drafting and managing research projects, including the Butterfly Project and the Assessing Challenges in Epilepsy (ACE) project. Her research proposal to explore the lived experiences of individuals with epilepsy in Nepal (ACE project) was awarded the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) Early career researcher (ECR) award in 2022. Additionally, she worked as the monitoring and evaluation officer for the large-scale Epidemic Intelligence Project, one of BNMT’s major consortium initiatives. Dr. Shrestha remains actively engaged in a range of research activities at BNMT, including grant writing, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and manuscript preparation. Her areas of interest in research revolve around exploring various social determinants of health via qualitative and quantitative research methods. She enjoys working with and learning from people from different walks of life.”