
Prof. Giridhara R Babu
Professor & Head Life-course epidemiology
Public Health Foundation of India, IIPH,
Bengaluru, SIHFW premises, Beside leprosy hospital,Magadi Road. Bangalore-560023
BIO
Professor and Head – Life Course Epidemiology at Public Health Foundation of India. I have a medical degree (MBBS) from Kasturba medical college, Manipal, and have completed MPH and PhD from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). I have two decades of experience in public health research, practice, and academics. I began my career at the Center for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi as a Junior Resident. I also worked with the World Health Organization (WHO), where I led the efforts in stopping polio transmission in the state of Karnataka. I initiated advocacy for Measles surveillance in Karnataka leading to the constitution of Multi Year Plan (MYP) for Measles elimination in India. I have been awarded the prestigious intermediate, and now the senior fellowship of Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance to start and expand a cohort study in Bangalore. The cohort is named as MAASTHI (Maternal Antecedents of Adiposity Studying the Transgenerational Role of Hyperglycemia and Insulin).

Handling the fallout of China’s wilted COVID strategy
Giridhara R Babu
Public Health Foundation of India, IIPH-H,
Bangalore campus, SIHFW premises, Beside leprosy hospital, Magadi Road. Bangalore-560023
(080) 2955 6144