Publications & Research Output

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

प्रेमप्रकाश पण्डित

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

Patel, A., Axinn, W. G., & Ghimire, D. J.

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.

Sapkota, B

Birth Outcomes and Socio-demographic Influences on Child Growth in Nepal: Evidence from Chitwan Valley. The National Research Conference of NAIHS, organized by the Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, May 15.

Bagale, D.

Association between Work-related Physical Strain and Environmental Exposure with Functional Mobility among Older Nepali Adults: Evidence from the CVFS-SCAN Study. Poster presented at the National Research Conference of NAIHS organized by the Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 15.

Ghimire, K

Birth Outcomes and Socio-demographic Influences on Child Growth in Nepal: Evidence from Chitwan Valley. Poster presented at the 12th National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal organized by the National Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 10–12.

Bagale, D

Associations between Multimorbidity and Physical Performance in Older Nepali Adults: Evidence from the CVFS-SCAN Study. Poster presented at the 12th National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal organized by the National Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 10–12.

Sapkota, H.

Bias in Hair Cortisol Measures for Psychological Stress: Self vs. Professional Collection ↗

Gatny, H., Axinn, W., Ghimire, D., West, B. T., Hermosilla, S., Pradhan, S., Dixit, S., & Chaudary, I.

PRESENTATION: Women’s Labor Force Participation and Child Health in Nepal

Brauner-Otto, S. R., Baird, S., & Ghimire, D.

PRESENTATION: Children’s Well-Being in Diverse Migration Contexts: Goals, Design and Preliminary Findings from the FAMELO Project

Glick, J., Agadjanian, V., Ghimire, D., Hayford, S., Santos, C., Eggum-Wilkens, N., & Yabiku, S.

ORIGIN-BASED SURVEYING OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS

Ghimire, D. J., Williams, N. E., Thornton, A., Young-DeMarco, L., & Bhandari, P. B.

Does the Number of Children Affect Parental Participation? Evidence from an Education Campaign in Nepal

Arestoff, F., Bertelli, O., Djemaï, E., Ghimire, D., & Sharma, U.

Impact Evaluation of Parental Education Campaign on Child Development in Nepal ↗

Arestoff, F., Bertelli, O., Djemaï, E., Ghimire, D., & Sharma, U.

Women’s Employment and Child Health

Youth’s Family and Non-Family Roles as Predictors of Subjective Adulthood in Three Low-Income Agricultural Settings

Axxe, E., Hayford, S. R., & Eggum, N. D.

Effects of concurrent conservation initiatives on forest-adjacent communities in the Chitwan Valley, Nepal ↗

Cao, R., & An, L.

Navigating a warming world: Rural-urban migration in the context of smallholder farmer climate adaptation (Doctoral dissertation, Princeton University)

Choquette-Levy, N.

Retrenchment under climate-driven risks in subsistence farming communities

Choquette-Levy, N., Ghimire, D. J., Oppenheimer, M., Ghimire, R., & Ck, D.

The Chitwan Valley Family Study – Study ion Cognitive Aging (CVFS-SCAN). Invited lecture at the Tribhuvan University School of Nursing, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 21

Carlos Mendes de Leon

Building Sustainable Research Programs on Aging and Dementia in LMIC. New Population Surveys in Lebanon & Nepal. Paper presented at Global Brain Network Meeting Bethesda, MD, USA. November 15

Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

Carlos F. Mendes de Leon. Aging and Dementia Research from a Global Perspective. Seminar presented for the Global Health Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. September 22

Population Research on Aging and Dementia in LMIC: New Projects in Lebanon and Nepal. Invited lecture, School of Public and Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tx, USA. December 14,

Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

Population-based dementia assessment in Nepal: The Chitwan Valley Family Study- Study of Cognition and Aging in Nepal (CVFS-SCAN). Paper presented at 5th Annual Meeting of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) International Network, Bethesda, MD, USA, October 12-13,

Emily Briceno-Abreu

Nepal Study of Dementia and Aging. Meeting of the international Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP). Bethesda, MD, USA. September 19,

Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

Migration, Modes of Production, Energy Use, and Ecological Values. Poster presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting, April 17-20, Columbus, OH

Yabiku, S., Glick, J., & Salim, Z.

“Overseas and Offspring: Implications of multi-level household migration on parity progression in origin context.” Paper presented at session 819 – Migration, Migrants, and Fertility, Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA. April 12-15,

Labovitz, Emma R.

“Disasters in Potential Destination and Their Effects on Migration Decisions.” Poster presented at session P04 - Migration, Immigration, and Race/Ethnicity, Population Association of America, Columbus, Ohio. April 17-20,

Gardner, Anna and Labovitz, Emma R.

“Reconceptualizing Transition to Adulthood: The Impact of Childhood Migration Contexts in a Low- and Middle-Income Country.” Paper presented at regular session – Centering Children and Families in the Study of International Migration, American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada. August 9-13,

Labovitz, Emma R

“Sons’ Migration & the Religiosity of Mothers.” Paper presented at the Asian Population Association Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal,

Labovitz, Emma, Katharina Klaunig, and Lisa D. Pearce.

“Reconceptualizing transition to adulthood: Bringing migration into transition to adulthood trajectories in a high labor migration setting.” Paper presented at Panel 1- Migration and Social Change in Nepal, CESLAM, Kathmandu, Nepal. February 17-18.

Labovitz, Emma R.

Spatial AI, data science, & sustainability challenges, lightning talk as panelist at AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Spatial AI and Data Science for Sustainability Solutions, March 24, Detroit, Michigan.

An, L.

Modeling agent decisions and actions with the aid of artificial intelligence: Complex systems & GIScience approaches, 2025 annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers at Huntington Place, March 26, Detroit, Michigan.

An, L. Volker Grimm, Yu Bai, and B.L. Turner II

Uncovering hidden spillover effects among concurrent conservation initiatives: a geospatial data science approach", The Texas A&M University, April 07

An, L.

Weather weddings: Tracing climate’s role in Nepal’s child marriages. Auburn GIS Day, Auburn, AL, December

Wei, X., and L. An.

Uncovering hidden spillover effects among concurrent green initiatives. The International Association for Landscape Ecology-North America (IALE-North America) 2024 Annual Meeting, April 4, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the USA.

An, L, C. Song, and Q. Zhang.

Green the ecosystems at multiple spatial & temporal scales—Complex systems & data science approach. Invited seminar at Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University, November 20,

An, L.

Drivers and motivations of using biogas plants for households in the Western Chitwan Valley. North American Regional Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE–North America) 2024 Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, April 1-4,

Cao, R., J. Glick, S. Yabiku, M. Tran, and L. An.

Assessing the Impact of Green Initiatives on Environmental Attitudes and Deforestation in Chitwan, Nepal: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach. Annual Conference of the International Association of Landscape Ecology - North American Chapter, Oklahoma City, OK, April 1-4,

Wei, X and An, L.

Men’s migration, social support, and women’s health and well-being in three diverse contexts. In Baili Ram, Morbidity and health. Annual conference of the Canadian Population Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. May 31-June 2

Chae, S., Agadjanian, V., Hayford, S. R., Glick, J. E., & Eggum, N. D.

Men’s migration, social support, and women’s health and well-being in three diverse contexts. In Andrea Miranda González, Consequences of immigration for sending communities. Annual meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA, United States.April 12-15

Chae, S., Agadjanian, V., Hayford, S. R., Glick, J. E., & Eggum, N. D.

Pathways from father migration to adolescent adjustment problems in Nepal: Disentangling the roles of economic resources and social support. Annual meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, San Diego, CA, United States. April 13-15

Chen, T., Eggum, N. D., Zhang, H., & Glick, J. E.

Parent Migration and Children’s Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes Poster presentation, Population Association of America (PAA), Washington DC April 10-14,

Banchoff Emma and Emma Labovitz

Beyond Migration: Examining the Impact of Migration Experience, Gender, and Ethno-Caste Identity on Mental Health,” Oral Presentation, Workshop on Migration and Health: Perspectives from South Asia, University of Washington, Jackson School of International Studies

Rajouria, Aryaa.

What’s Caste Got to Do With It? Examining the Effects of Migration on Mental Health,” Paper presentation, Pacific Sociological Association Conference (PSA), Seattle, Washington

Rajouria, Aryaa.

Livelihoods, Migration and Disruption Due to Covid-19. International Sociological Association Conference, Melbourne Australia, July

Glick, Jennifer E. & Scott Yabiku

COVID-19 interruptions and changing educational aspirations in diverse contexts. International Sociological Association Conference, Melbourne Australia, July

Glick, Jennifer, Arinala Randrianasolo, Scott Yabiku & Melissa Alcaraz

From aspirations to reality: Understanding activities among adolescents in diverse contexts. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Columbus Ohio, April 17-20.

Randrianasolo, Arinala; Jennifer E. Glick

How Does Climate Shape Smallholder Farmer Livelihood Risk Perceptions? Poster presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA USA.

Choquette-Levy, N.; D. Ghimire; R. Ghimire; I. Chaudhary; D. CK; and M. Oppenheimer

“Reinforcing Inequalities: Mothers’ Employment and Job Satisfaction in Rural Nepal” Poster presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA USA.

Brauner-Otto, Sarah R. and Taarini Andlay

“Motherhood Penalties in Nepal: Descriptive Findings from the Chitwan Valley Family Study Maternal Work-History Module.” Poster presentation at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH. USA.

Brauner-Otto, Sarah R. and Lyman Stone

“Women's Employment and Child Development in a Low-Income Country.” Work and Family Research Network. Montreal, QC, Canada.

Brauner-Otto, Sarah R., Emily Treleaven, and Dirgha Ghimire.

Women’s Employment and Child Development in a Low-Income Setting, Poster presented at the Annual Meeting in the Population Association of America, Washington DC USA, April 10-14,

Brauner-Otto, Sarah, Emily Treleaven, and Dirgha Ghimire

Beyond Migration: Examining the Impact of Migration Experience, Gender, and Ethno-Caste Identity on Mental Health. Paper presented at 6th Asian Population Association Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 27-30.

Rajouria, Aryaa

Exploring the Relationship Between Birthweight and Father’s International Migration Status in Nepal Paper presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, United States ( April 17-20).

Sharma, U., Ghimire, D. J., & Treleaven, E.

Approaches to mixed methods research. SAGE: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. ↗

Pearce, L. D., & Hardie, J. H.

Beyond migration: Examining the impact of migration experience, gender, and ethno-caste identity on mental health (Master’s thesis, University of Washington). University of Washington Sociology. [Awarded Best MA Thesis] ↗

Rajouria, A.

Complex adaptive systems science in the era of global sustainability crisis. ↗

An, L., Turner II, B. L., Liu, J., Grimm, V., Zhang, Q., Wang, Z., & Huang, R.

Dataset to quantify spillover effects among concurrent green initiatives ↗

Zhang, R., Zhang, Q., Song, C., & An, L.

Methods for assessing spillover effects between concurrent green initiatives ↗

An, L., Zhang, Q., Song, C., & Wei, X.

Advancing wild deer monitoring through UAV thermal imaging and modified Faster R-CNN: A case study in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park ↗

Lyu, H., Qiu, F., An, L., Stow, D., Lewison, R., & Bohnett, E.

Global hidden spillover effects among concurrent green initiatives ↗

An, L., Liu, J., Zhang, Q., Song, C., Ezzine-de-Blas, D., Dai, J., Zhang, H., Lewison, R., Bohnett, E., Stow, D., Xu, W., & Bryan, B. A.

Egalitarian attitudes and activity spaces in Chitwan, Nepal ↗

Shetler, A. E., & Yabiku, S. T.

Deer population survey from drone thermal imagery using enhanced Faster R-CNN based on FPN and ResNets ↗

Lyu, H., Qiu, F., An, L., Stow, D., Lewison, R., & Bohnett, E.

Modeling agent decision and behavior in the light of data science and artificial intelligence ↗

An, L., Grimm, V., Sullivan, A., Turner II, B. L., Malleson, N., Heppenstall, A., Vincenot, C., Robinson, D., Ye, X., Liu, J., Lindkvist, E., & Tang, W.

COVID-19, school closures and the retreat from educational aspirations. Journal of Adolescence, 97, 148–164. ↗

Glick, J. E., Alcaraz, M., Randrianasolo, A., & Yabiku, S. T.

Women’s employment trajectories in a low-income setting: Stratification and change in Nepal ↗

Brauner-Otto, S. R., Yang, C.-L. W., & Ng, K. U.

The association between timing in pregnancy of drought and excess rainfall, infant sex, and birthweight: Evidence from Nepal ↗

Diamond-Smith, N. G., Epstein, A., Zlatnik, M. G., & Treleaven, E.

More than measurement error: Discrepant reporting of contraceptive use and the role of wives’ and husbands’ educational attainment ↗

Jennings, E. A., & Pierotti, R. S.

Prosocial preferences improve climate risk management in subsistence farming communities ↗

Choquette-Levy, N., Wildemeersch, M., Santos, F. P., Levin, S. A., Oppenheimer, M., & Weber, E. U.

Food insecurity and women’s mental health in the Chitwan Valley of Nepal ↗

Southard, E. M. L., & Randell, H.

“Community Exposure to Armed Conflict and Subsequent Onset of Alcohol Use Disorder.” ↗

Bruffaerts, Ronny, William G. Axinn, Dirgha J. Ghimire, Corina Benjet, Stephanie Chardoul, Kate M. Scott, Ronald C. Kessler, Paul Schulz, and Jordan W. Smoller.

Why Programs Fail: Lessons for Improving Public Service Quality from a Mixed-Methods Evaluation of an Unsuccessful Teacher Training Program in Nepal ↗

Schaffner, J., Glewwe, P., & Sharma, U.

The relevance of governance, external monitoring, and instructional quality to public-private school differences in student achievement in the Western Chitwan Valley of Nepal: An exploratory analysis ↗

Rowan, B., Ghimire, D. J., Schulz, P., & Sharma, U.

“Parental Depression and Their Children’s Marriage Timing: The Long-Term Consequences of Parental Mental Disorders” ↗

Axinn, W. G., Banchoff, E., Ghimire, D. J., & Scott, K. M.

“Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms Among Returnee Migrants and Non-Migrants Working Adults in Madi Municipality in Nepal: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study” ↗

Adhikary, P., Devkota, H. R., Reingold, A. L., & Ghimire, D. J.

“Household Migration and Adolescent Marriage Choice in Settings with Changing Marriage Systems” ↗

Axxe, E., Hayford, S. R., & Ghimire, D. J.

Health care systems and policies for older adults in Nepal: new challenges for a low-middle income country ↗

Dhakal, U., Briceño, E., Sharma, U., Bogati, U., Sharma, A., Shrestha, L., Ghimire, D., & Mendes de Leon, C. F.

Choi KW, Tubbs JD, Lee YH, Yixuan He, Kristin Tsuo, Mary T. Yohannes, Lethukuthula L. Nkambule , Emily Madsen, Dirgha J. Ghimire, Sabrina Hermosilla, Tian Ge, Alicia R. Martin, William G. Axinn and Jordan W. Smoller et al. Genetic architecture and socio-environmental risk factors for major depressive decoder in Nepal. Psychological Medicine. ↗

Dhakal, Usha, Emily Briceño, Uttam Sharma,Umesh Bogati, Abha Sharma Lochana Shrestha, Dirgha Ghimire and Carlos F Mendes de Leon. Health care systems and policies for older adults in Nepal: new challenges for a low-middle income country, Discover Public Health. 2024;21(1):256. ↗

Long-Term Consequences of Exposure to Armed Conflict

Programs and Policies for Mental Health: High-Quality Data

Nepali Resilience

Social Support Programs Reduce Depression

Intergenerational associations of maternal depression with daughters' family formation ↗

Banchoff, E. M., Axinn, W. G., Ghimire, D. J., & Scott, K. M.

Association between Women’s empowerment in Household decision making and social media use. Poster presented at 6th Asian Population Association Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27-30.

Adina Gurung

Teachers satisfaction on their job and its impact/association on student learning performance among secondary schools of western Chitwan Nepal. Poster presented at 6th Asian Population Association Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27-30.

Pandit, Prem.

External economic shocks and youth migration intentions in Nepal. Asian Population Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, November 27-30,

Glick, Jennifer; Dirgha Ghimire & Indra Chaudry

Environmental Vulnerabilities and Urbanization, Chair. The 6th Asian Population Association (APA) Conference, Soaltee Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nov. 29

Dirgha Ghimire

Intergenerational Transmission of Fertility Attitudes and Behaviors in the Chitwan Valley. Paper presented at 6th Asian Population Association Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27-30

Lyman Stone

Exploring the Relationship between Birthweight and Father's International Migration Status in Nepal. The 6th Asian Population Association (APA) Conference, Soaltee Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nov. 28

Uttam Sharma, Dirgha Ghimire and Emily Treleaven

Courtship processes and marital instability in a rapidly changing non-western society. Poster presented at 6th Asian Population Association Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 27-30.

Ghimire, Dirgha J.

Population-based Dementia Assessment in Nepal: The Chitwan Valley Family Study- Study on Cognition and Aging in Nepal (CVFS-SCAN), Paper presented at 6th Asian Population Association Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27-30.

Sharma, Abha, et al.

Socio-Economic Determinants of Early Childhood Development in A Poor Rural Setting: Empirical Evidence from Nepal Paper presented at 6th Asian Population Association Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 27-30.

Arestoff, Florence, Olivia Bertelli, Elodie Djemai, Dirgha Ghimire, and Uttam Sharma.

Women’s Work-Family Trajectories: A Life Course Investigation of Work, Education, Marriage, And Childbearing in Nepal. Paper presented at 6th Asian Population Association Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 27-30.

Brouner -Otto et al.

Happiness and its Associations with Individual Attitudes, Practices, and Importance in Life. Poster presented at 6th Asian Population Association Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27-30.

Indra Chaudhary

Genetic architecture and socio-environmental risk factors for major depressive disorder in Nepal Karmel W. Choi1,2,3,* , Justin D. Tubbs1,2,3,*, Younga H. Lee1,2,3, Yixuan He3,4,5, Kristin Tsuo3,4,5, Mary T. Yohannes3,4, Lethukuthula L. Nkambule3,4, Emily Madsen2, Dirgha J. Ghimire6, Sabrina Hermosilla6,7, Tian Ge1,2,3, Alicia R. Martin3,4, William G. Axinn6 and Jordan W. Smoller1,2,3

Genetic architecture and socio-environmental risk factors for major depressive disorder in Nepal ↗

Choi, K. W., Tubbs, J. D., Lee, Y. H., He, Y., Tsuo, K., Yohannes, M. T., Nkambule, L. L., Madsen, E., Ghimire, D. J., Hermosilla, S., Ge, T., Martin, A. R., Axinn, W. G., & Smoller, J. W.

Exploring the Relationship Between Birthweight and Father’s International Migration Status in Nepal [Paper presentation]. Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, United States. (April 17-20)

Sharma, U., Ghimire, D. J., & Treleaven, E.

The Relevance of Governance, External Monitoring, and Instructional Quality to Public-Private School Differences in Student Achievement in the Western Chitwan Valley of Nepal: An Exploratory Analysis ↗

Federalism in Nepal: Early Implications for School Governance ↗

Schaffner, J., Sharma, U., & Glewwe, P.