Mathew George Author

Mathew George, MPH, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Chairperson of the Centre for Public Health, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He has training in public health with a doctorate in social medicine and community health from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His research interest is in the field of sociology of health and illness with special emphasis on the sociology of medical practice and medical knowledge in bio-medicine and also the interaction between multiple systems of medicine. Currently, he is working on the scope of restructuring the Indian health services system from a public health perspective, using a social epidemiological approach.