Dr Ankita Mukherjee

Dr. Ankita Mukherjee is Senior Research Fellow at The George Institute. She uses qualitative methods to evaluate interventions and improve intervention design. She works across multiple mental health projects including the SMART Mental Health and ARTEMIS cluster RCT, INDIGO and ANUMATI. In her work, she regularly interacts with communities, service providers and other stakeholders to understand their perspectives on projects and their implementation. Ankita holds the Early Career Fellowship in Clinical and Public Health from DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance.

Ankita is interested in using community engagement to develop mental health interventions. Her other interest is in using health policy and systems research to improve access to quality mental health care. She has an M.Phil and PhD in Social Medicine and Community Health.