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1994

Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Context and Family Formation

1996

Reciprocal Relationships between Population and Environment

1998

Elderly Health and Wellbeing

2001

Reciprocal Relationships between Population and Environment

2003

Developmental Idealism Pilot Survey

2004

Marital Dynamic

2006

Reciprocal Relationships between Population and Environment

2006

Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Context and Family Formation

2007

Intergenerational Influences on Family Formation in a Changing Social Context

2007

Religion and Family Life

2008

Chitwan Valley Family Study: Ideational Influence on Marriage and Childbearing

2008

Menstruation and Education

2009

Fuelwood Consumption Survey

2009

Migrants to the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Values, Behaviors, and Plans

2009

Marital Processes, Husband-Wife Relationships and Fertility Limitation

2009

HIV/AIDS and Later Life Health and Wellbeing

2009

Armed Conflict, Family Change, and Mental Health

2010

Ecosystem Services and Population Change

2010

Tiger-Human Interaction Study

2010

Innovative Methods for Obtaining Survey Data from Migrants

2011

Impact of Mikania micrantha on Natural Forest

2012

Investigation of Indoor Solid Fuel and Kerosene Use as Tuberculosis Risk Factors

2012

Measurement of Remittance Use in a Remittance Dependent Economy

2012

Marital Relationship Dynamics

2013

to 2018.0

Coupled Nature Human (CNH): Feedbacks between Human Community Dynamics and Socio-ecological Vulnerability

2013

Remittance from an Absent Husband: the Effect of International Labor Migration to the Persian Gulf on Family Dynamics and Consumption in Chitwan Nepal

2013

to 2015.0

Innovation in the Measurement of Community Contextual Features

2013

to 2015.0

Income, Household Diversification and Migration During Contextual Change

2014

to 2017.0

Labor Out-migration, Agricultural Productivity and Food Security Survey

2014

Impact Evaluation of Approaches to Strengthen HFOMCs in Nepal

2014

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion and Community Engagement Intervention for HFOMC in Baglung, Parbat and Syangja Districts of Nepal

2015

to 2020.0

Understanding the Connections Among Genes, Environment, Family Processes and Mental Health

2015

to 2019.0

Family Life Context and Early Life Outcomes-Wave II

2015

to 2019.0

Study on Social Beliefs, Values and Attitudes in Nepal

2015

Incentivizing Health Volunteers to Reach Out to Disadvantage Group

2016

to 2019

Investigation of Ocular Disease and Household Fuel Use in Kaski

2016

to 2017.0

Investigation of relationship between Household Air Pollution exposure and Cardiopulmonary Disease Indicators in Nepali Women (Cardio-Pulmonary Study)

2016

Impact Evaluation of Approaches to Strengthen HFOMCs in Nepal

2017

to 2022.0

Family Migration Context and Social Emotional Competence

2017

to 2021

Improving Learning: Developing Measures of Accountability and Evaluating their Association with Students' Gains in Achievement in Nepal

2018

to 2020.0

Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Alcohol use Disorders among Out-migration Labour in Madi, Chitwan

2018

to 2019

Parental Migration and Children's Health Outcomes

2020

to 2025.0

Impact of parental mental disorders on children’s family formation-marriage, contraception, childbearing and risky behaviors in Western Chitwan Nepal

2020

to 2024

Women's Work and Child Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse: Evidence from Nepal

2020

to 2021

Investigation of the Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants and Their Family

2020

to 2021.0

Impact of COVID-19-related disruptions on household economy, food security and vulnerability contracting COVID-19 in Western Chitwan Valley in Nepal

2021

to 2026.0

Family Migration Context, Socialization, and Children’s Socio-emotional Development in Nepal- Wave II

2021

to 2023.0

A New Population-scale Approach for the Study of Psychological Stress in the Transition to Adulthood

2021

to 2023

Measuring the effects of parental education campaigns on child development

2022

to 2027.0

International Labor Migration, Armed Conflict and Alzheimer Disease and related Dementia Risk in Nepal

2022

Child Activity Space Study-Pilot Study

2022

to 2023

How Does Climate Change affect Nepali Farmers’ Livelihood Choices

2022

to 2024.0

Study on People, Place, and Payments in a Complex Human-Environment System in Eastern Chitwan

2023

Air Pollution and Adolescent Health

2023

Supplementing measures of social accountability and enhancing understanding of accountability and students' achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic

2023

Family Migration Context, Socialization, and Children’s Socio-emotional Development in Nepal- Wave III

2024

Integrating natural hazards engineering and social demography to identify cumulative consequences of recurrent flooding

2024

Randomized evaluation of a parental education training program and its impacts on Children's early Childhood Development

2024

Enhancing social resilience to human-wildlife conflict risk study

2024

Optimizing Antibiotics Prescription: A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trail

2024

Demonstrating feaibility and identifying the optimal mode for high frequency child symptom data in the Chitwan Valley Family Study. - Pilot Study

2025

to 2030

Intergenerational Disadvantage and pediatric health disparities in acute respiratory illness and diarrhea.

2025

Family Migration Context, Socialization, and Children’s Socio-emotional Development in Nepal- Wave IV

2026

Improving Human Lives and Environmental Conditions

History of ISER-N

Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Context and Family Formation

Reciprocal Relationships between Population and Environment

Elderly Health and Wellbeing

Reciprocal Relationships between Population and Environment

Developmental Idealism Pilot Survey

Marital Dynamic

Reciprocal Relationships between Population and Environment

Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Context and Family Formation

Intergenerational Influences on Family Formation in a Changing Social Context

Religion and Family Life

Chitwan Valley Family Study: Ideational Influence on Marriage and Childbearing

Menstruation and Education

Fuelwood Consumption Survey

Migrants to the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Values, Behaviors, and Plans

Marital Processes, Husband-Wife Relationships and Fertility Limitation

HIV/AIDS and Later Life Health and Wellbeing

Armed Conflict, Family Change, and Mental Health

Ecosystem Services and Population Change

Tiger-Human Interaction Study

Innovative Methods for Obtaining Survey Data from Migrants

Impact of Mikania micrantha on Natural Forest

Investigation of Indoor Solid Fuel and Kerosene Use as Tuberculosis Risk Factors

Measurement of Remittance Use in a Remittance Dependent Economy

Marital Relationship Dynamics

Coupled Nature Human (CNH): Feedbacks between Human Community Dynamics and Socio-ecological Vulnerability

Remittance from an Absent Husband: the Effect of International Labor Migration to the Persian Gulf on Family Dynamics and Consumption in Chitwan Nepal

Innovation in the Measurement of Community Contextual Features

Income, Household Diversification and Migration During Contextual Change

Labor Out-migration, Agricultural Productivity and Food Security Survey

Impact Evaluation of Approaches to Strengthen HFOMCs in Nepal

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion and Community Engagement Intervention for HFOMC in Baglung, Parbat and Syangja Districts of Nepal

Understanding the Connections Among Genes, Environment, Family Processes and Mental Health

Family Life Context and Early Life Outcomes-Wave II

Study on Social Beliefs, Values and Attitudes in Nepal

Incentivizing Health Volunteers to Reach Out to Disadvantage Group

Investigation of Ocular Disease and Household Fuel Use in Kaski

Investigation of relationship between Household Air Pollution exposure and Cardiopulmonary Disease Indicators in Nepali Women (Cardio-Pulmonary Study)

Impact Evaluation of Approaches to Strengthen HFOMCs in Nepal

Family Migration Context and Social Emotional Competence

Improving Learning: Developing Measures of Accountability and Evaluating their Association with Students' Gains in Achievement in Nepal

Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Alcohol use Disorders among Out-migration Labour in Madi, Chitwan

Parental Migration and Children's Health Outcomes

Impact of parental mental disorders on children’s family formation-marriage, contraception, childbearing and risky behaviors in Western Chitwan Nepal

Women's Work and Child Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse: Evidence from Nepal

Investigation of the Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants and Their Family

Impact of COVID-19-related disruptions on household economy, food security and vulnerability contracting COVID-19 in Western Chitwan Valley in Nepal

Family Migration Context, Socialization, and Children’s Socio-emotional Development in Nepal- Wave II

A New Population-scale Approach for the Study of Psychological Stress in the Transition to Adulthood

Measuring the effects of parental education campaigns on child development

International Labor Migration, Armed Conflict and Alzheimer Disease and related Dementia Risk in Nepal

Child Activity Space Study-Pilot Study

How Does Climate Change affect Nepali Farmers’ Livelihood Choices

Study on People, Place, and Payments in a Complex Human-Environment System in Eastern Chitwan

Air Pollution and Adolescent Health

Supplementing measures of social accountability and enhancing understanding of accountability and students' achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic

Family Migration Context, Socialization, and Children’s Socio-emotional Development in Nepal- Wave III

Integrating natural hazards engineering and social demography to identify cumulative consequences of recurrent flooding

Randomized evaluation of a parental education training program and its impacts on Children's early Childhood Development

Enhancing social resilience to human-wildlife conflict risk study

Optimizing Antibiotics Prescription: A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trail

Demonstrating feaibility and identifying the optimal mode for high frequency child symptom data in the Chitwan Valley Family Study. - Pilot Study

Intergenerational Disadvantage and pediatric health disparities in acute respiratory illness and diarrhea.

Family Migration Context, Socialization, and Children’s Socio-emotional Development in Nepal- Wave IV

Optimizing Antibiotic Use in Nepal’s Poultry Value Chain: A Mixed-Methods Baseline Assessment and Co-Design of Interventions

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Staff Appreciation Event - Sauraha Chitwan

“भेप” (इ–सिगरेट): किशोर/किशोरी तथा युवा पुस्तामाझ बढ्दो मौन स्वास्थ्य संकट

Concluded: Training on Introduction to Quantitative Data Analysis Techniques Part I of the "From Data to Discovery" Four-Part Series

Major Research

Optimizing Antibiotic Use in Nepal’s Poultry Value Chain: A Mixed-Methods Baseline Assessment and Co-Design of Interventions

Neighbour History Calendar Data Collection Wave IV

Randomized evaluation of a parental education training program and its impacts on children’s early childhood development outcomes in Nepal.

Policy & Interventions

Recent Publications

“भेप” (इ–सिगरेट): किशोर/किशोरी तथा युवा पुस्तामाझ बढ्दो मौन स्वास्थ्य संकट

The Role of Sanitary Pads in School Achievement in Low-Income Settings

Socioeconomic Status and Health Risk Behaviors: Evidence from Smoking, Tobacco Use, and Alcohol Consumption. The National Research Conference of NAIHS, organized by the Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, May 15, 2026.