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). 

Latest Publication

1. Screening and management options for severe thinness during pregnancy in India.

2. Population estimates and determinants of severe maternal thinness in India