Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was a coauthor among Global Nervous System Collaborators who published a study, "Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," in The Lancet Neurology (Impact factor 48.0). The study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation emphasized the growing global burden of nervous system disorders and the need for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation interventions for these disorders.