Aakankha Pande

Ms. Pande's project identifies country specific factors that significantly influence infant mortality rates. Her aim is to create a comprehensive statistical model that will better explain infant mortality rates as a function of local political and environmental conditions. She hopes her model will help policy makers create better policies which will ultimately help to reduce infant mortality and contribute to a healthier and more stable world. At Cambridge Ms. Pande hopes to make use of its internationally renowned biostatistics facility, the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit of the Institute for Public Health. She also hopes to sit in on courses at Cambridge's Center for Applied Medical Statistics.