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Dr. Dirgha Ghimire is a research professor at Michigan’s Population Studies Center. He is a social demographer with expertise in family and demographic behavior, environment dynamics and research methods. Dr. Ghimire has managed field operations in Nepal for all aspects of the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) since its inception in 1994, as well as directed all aspects of previous waves of both social and environmental data collections. Dr. Ghimire has coauthored several papers on data collection methods, family change, population processes, and environmental dynamics, and has taught courses on these topics. He has designed and conducted over a dozen data users’ workshops and survey data analysis workshops in Ann Arbor and Nepal. Of particular importance is Dr. Ghimire’s intimate knowledge of the CVFS to increase usability by the scientific community and policy makers. Workshop attendees will appreciate Dr. Ghimire’s combination of experience and expertise, along with his active methodological program of research.

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