Ritam Chowdhury

Ritam Chowdhury is an Indian writer, physician, epidemiologist and biostatistician scientist. He is the Research Director of Medical Associates for Research and Communication (MARC). He also holds appointments as Visiting Instructor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Global Health Department Of Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta and Statistical Consultant at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston.

Early Life and Education

Chowdhury was born into a Bengali family originally from Kolkata, India. He was born in New Delhi and later moved to Kolkata. In 1993, a few months after the infamous Bombay Riots, his family moved to Bombay. He is an alumnus of St. Mary's School (ISC, 1997-1999), Mazagaon, Mumbai. He graduated with a M.B.B.S from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai at the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nasik in 2005. He worked at Kalyan District Prison, Thane district thereafter as Medical Officer. In 2008, he left for the USA. He was awarded an M.P.H. in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland in 2009 and Ph.D in Epidemiology in 2013 from Emory University, Atlanta. Currently, he is in the SM biostatistics program at Harvard School of Public Health

Awards and Honors

Chowdhury has received multiple awards in his relatively short career.

  • 1999 Ebrahim M. Rowjee Scholarship
  • 1999 Board Topper Mathematics - Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)
  • 2001 Placed on the Maharashtra State Higher Secondary Certificate Board Examinations Merit List
  • 2002 Distinction in Anatomy
  • 2002 Distinction in Biochemistry
  • 2002 Distinction in Physiology
  • 2002 - 2003 Sir Ratan Tata Scholarship
  • 2003 Distinction in Microbiology
  • 2003 Distinction in Pathology
  • 2003-2005 JRD Tata Scholarship
  • 2008 - 2009 Sir Ratan Tata Scholarship
  • 2008 - 2009 J. N. Tata Scholarship
  • In May 2009, Chowdhury was inducted into the prestigious Delta Omega Society, Alpha Chapter.

Scientific Publications

Selected papers

Literary Work and Hobbies

Chowdhury has also published 14 books under the pseudonym of Thomas R. M. Webbe, crediting Chowdhury as the editor. His stories, based in British India feature notably the exploits of Rito and Gaja. This detective series has been very popular in India. In addition, he has written in other genres of fiction. Chowdhury also recently made his poetry blog, Catharsis, public. He writes poetry under the pseudonym of Ri Tam. Chowdhury is a polyglot and speaks 10 languages apart from English.

See also

  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • translational research
  • bioinformatics
  • clinical trials
  • clinical research
  • causal inference
  • outcomes research
  • advocacy
  • evidence based medicine
  • List of Indian writers