Debasree DasGupta
Kinesiology and Health Science
Associate Professor

Contact Information
Office Hours: Thur 1:00-3:00 pmOffice Location: HPER 144
Phone: 435-797-0133
Email: debasree.dasgupta@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Biography
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science where I teach graduate courses for the Master of Public Health (MPH) program in Health Education and Promotion. I received my PhD in Public Policy from George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government. Prior to USU, I have worked as a health policy analyst and have taught undergraduate- and graduate-level courses delivered via different formats (face-to-face, online, hybrid).
Teaching Interests
Statistics; Research Methods; Spatial Analysis; Social Determinants
Research Interests
I specialize in public health research, with expertise in quantitative (spatial, econometric, epidemiological) methodologies using population/health data and Geographic Information System (GIS). My current research centers on examining health and aging phenomena, with an emphasis on (1) analyzing social determinants of health among older adults, such as social isolation, neighborhood factors, and age-group differences; and (2) examining social determinants of older adult-nonelderly relations, including geographic patterns of aging, spatial separation between age groups, and multigenerational living arrangements.
Awards
2022-2023 KHS Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year, 2023
Kinesiology and Health Science, USU
2021-2022 CEHS Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award Nomination, 2022
College of Education and Human Services, USU
Family Health & Wellness Award, Tribal and Rural Opioid Initiative, Western Region 1st Place, 2021
National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
7th IMA Conference on Quantitative Modeling in the Management of Health and Social Care - Ist Place, Poster Presentation, 2013
Institute of Mathematics & its Applications (IMA), United Kingdom
GIS Research Fellow, 2010
Office of Mapping and Geographic Information, Loudoun County, Virginia
Policy Fellow, 2010
USAID/Population Reference Bureau
GIS Research Fellow, 2009
Office of Mapping and Geographic Information, Loudoun County, Virginia
GIS Research Fellow, 2008
Office of Mapping and Geographic Information, Loudoun County, Virginia
- Koizumi, N., Gentilli, M., Ganesan, R., DasGupta, D., Patel, A., Chen, C., Waters, N., Melancon, K., Srinivasan, D., Melancon, K., (2016). Mathematical optimization and simulation analyses for optimal liver allocation system. John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Kelekar, U., DasGupta, D., (2015). Cultural learning in healthcare: Recognizing and navigating differences. North American Business Press
- Koizumi, N., Ganesan, R., Gentilli, M., Chen, C., Waters, N., DasGupta, D., Nicholas, D., Patel, A., Srinivasan, D., Melancon, K., (2014). Redesigning Organ Allocation Boundaries for Liver Transplantation in the United States. Springer International Publishing
- DasGupta, D., (2013). Female-owned Small Businesses: A case-study analysis of women enterprises in India. Bloomsbury Publishing
- Istrate, E., DasGupta, D., Weissburg, P., (2006). Non-Performing Loans – The Cases of China, Indonesia and India. Allied Publishers PVT Limited, Institute of Management Technology
- Rozell, M., DasGupta, D., (2006). The Values Vote?: Moral Issues and the 2004 Elections. Georgetown University Press
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Fact Sheets
- Light, T., Madden, E.F, DasGupta, D., Ditsch, H., Zaman, K., Prevedel, S., Sulzer, S., (2021). A Crisis of Her Own: Fatal Opioid Overdose, Opioid Use Disorder, and Intimate Partner Violence among Rural Utah Women. USU Extension
- DasGupta, D., Madden, E.F, Sulzer, S., Light, T., Chapoose, M., Prevedel, S., (2020). The Urban/Rural Divide in Access to Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Utah. USU Extension
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Law, J., DasGupta, D., Kelekar, U., (2026). Perceived Neighborhood Environments and Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the United States: The Moderating Role of Functional Limitations. Journal of Aging and Health, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643261416958
- Kelekar, U., Ben Abdesslem, A., DasGupta, D., Tran, D., Shepherd, J., Turner, S., (2025). Age-based variations in frequent emergency department (ED) use among older adults - An analysis using the New York University-Johns Hopkins University Emergency Department Algorithm (NYU/JHU-EDA). World Medical & Health Policy, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.70009
- DasGupta, D., Kelekar, U., Bhattacharyya, K.K, Turner, S.C, (2025). Racial-ethnic differences in the associations between functional disabilities and subsequent depression among community-dwelling midlife and older adults in the US. Disability and Health Journal, doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101709
- Bhattacharyya, K.K, Molinari, V., DasGupta, D., Hueluer, G., (2024). The role of life satisfaction and optimism for successful aging in mid and late life. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 1-11. doi: 10.1177/07334648241273337
- Kelekar, U., DasGupta, D., Theis-Mahon, N., Fashingbauer, E., Huang, B., (2024). Distances to emergency departments and non-urgent utilization of medical services: A systematic review. Global Health Action, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2024.2353994
- Wong, D., DasGupta, D., (2023). Empirical evidence supporting the inclusion of multi-axes segregation in assessing county health. Social Science & Medicine, 339, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116404
- Bhattacharyya, K.K, DasGupta, D., Schwartz, S., Moliner, V., Fauth, E.B, (2023). Protective roles of meditation practice and self-esteem on cognitive functions over time: Findings from Midlife in United States Study. Psychogeriatrics, 1-14. doi: https://doi-org.dist.lib.usu.edu/10.1111/psyg.13046
- DasGupta, D., Kelekar, U., Turner, S.C, (2023). Older adult falls in the community: Does unsafe home environment have a risk role through the mediating effect of functional limitations?. The Gerontologist, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad139
- Bhattacharyya, K.K, Liu, Y., DasGupta, D., Moliner, V., Fauth, E.B, (2023). The healthy caregiver? A positive impact of informal caregiving status on cognitive functions over time from the Midlife in the United States study. Journal of Aging and Health, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643231209482
- DasGupta, D., Kelekar, U., Abram-Moyle, M., (2023). Association between ideal cardiovascular health and multiple disabilities among US adults, BRFSS 2017–2019. Public Health, 218, 60-67. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.014
- DasGupta, D., Wong, D.W, (2023). Age-dependent differences in frequent mental distress (FMD) of US older adults living in multigenerational families versus living alone. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20:4, 3747. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043747
- Wong, D., DasGupta, D., (2023). Age-race-ethnicity segregation in the US: Where do minority older adults stand?. Population, Space and Place, doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2642
- DasGupta, D., Wong, D., (2022). Changing Age Segregation in the US: 1990 to 2010. Research on Aging, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275221074398
- DasGupta, D., Kelekar, U., Sule, A., Turner, S., Jerman, T., (2021). Interpreting COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents in the US: The changing role of facility quality over time. PLOS ONE, doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256767
- Wray, P., Ward, C.K, Nelson, C., Sulzer, S.H, Dakin, C.J, Thompson, B.J, Vierimma, M., DasGupta, D., Bolton, D.A, (2021). Pickleball for Inactive Mid-Life and Older Adults in Rural Utah: A Feasibility Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, doi: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/16/8374
- Kelekar, U., DasGupta, D., Shepherd, J., Sule, A., (2021). Risk Factors of Fall-Related Emergency Department Visits by Fall Location of Older Adults in the US. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 22:4, doi: https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2021.2.49307
- DasGupta, D., Kelekar, U., Rice, D., (2020). Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US. Preventive Medicine Reports, 101273, doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101273
- DasGupta, D., Wong, D., (2020). How “dependent” are we? A spatiotemporal analysis of the young and the older adult populations in the U.S. Population Research and Policy Review, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-020-09590-y
- DasGupta, D., Patel, A., Saxena, D., Koizumi, N., Trivedi, P., Patel, K., Raval, D., King, A., Chandler, K., (2020). Choice-based Reminder Cues: Findings from an mHealth study to improve Tuberculosis (TB) treatment adherence among the urban poor in India. World Medical & Health Policy, 12:2, 163-181. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.337
- Koizumi, N., DasGupta, D., Patel, A., Smith, T., Mayer, J., Callander, C., Melancon, K., (2015). Geographic Variation in Cold Ischemia Time: Kidney vs. Liver Transplantation in the United States, 2003-2011.
- DasGupta, D., (2013). The Effect of Gender on Women-led Enterprises: The Case of India. South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/2277977913480654
- Turner, S.C, Zolnik, E., DasGupta, D., (2013). Support for Suburban Growth Management: Lessons from Loudoun County. Suburban Sustainability
- Tolchin, S., DasGupta, D., Beck, J., (2012). New Patterns of Political Patronage and Their Effect on Health Policy. World Medical and Health Policy
- Zolnik, E., Minde, J., DasGupta, D., Turner, S., (2010). Supporting planning to co-locate public facilities: A case study from Loudoun County, Virginia. Applied Geography
- DasGupta, D., Rozell, M., (2009). Presidential Direct Action and Policy Continuity: The Case of U.S. International Population Policy. Social Science Quarterly
- Istrate, E., DasGupta, D., Weissberg, P., (2007). Toward Developing a Structured Approach to the Diagnosis and Resolution of Nonperforming Loans: The Case of China and India. Review of Policy Research
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Other
- DasGupta, D., Wong, D., (2020). No more “social distancing” but practice physical separation. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 10.17269/s41997-020-00370-x
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.