Dr. Praphul Joshi

Is a professor in the Department of Public Health at SHSU and serves as Assistant Director for the Research Center. Dr. Joshi obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees in public health from Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. He served as a lead evaluator for CDC funded Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention programs (HDSP) and Diabetes Prevention and Control program (DPCP) in the states of South Carolina, Maine, and Louisiana. In 2006, Dr. Joshi co-authored a manuscript on how-to guide for process evaluation, which has been adopted as a standard protocol by several funded initiatives. He also led the evaluation of teen pregnancy prevention programs in South Carolina, state tobacco prevention program in Maine, and safe and drug-free schools in Louisiana. Dr. Joshi served as the lead epidemiologist for Covid-19 surveillance in Southeast Texas and continues to monitor emerging infectious diseases and sexually transmitted infections in the region. Over the last twenty years, Dr. Joshi has worked on several externally funded research projects and has mentored faculty and students in research initiatives. 

Dr. Joshi offers evaluation consulting for faculty working on grant submissions and funded initiatives requiring evaluation support. Support services include development of logic models, process evaluation, organizational charts, data collection protocols, and plan for continuous quality improvement. He also offers consulting in quantitative data collection, management, and analysis for research projects for both faculty and students.