Experience

LSE Department of Health Policy

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern at Care Policy and Evaluation Centre

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Government of Kerala state DME COVID cell

• Government of Kerala

• Senior Resident

  • Sep 2021 - May 2022

  -Epidemiological investigation - especially Leptospirosis, Dengue, Rabies, Diptheria, Malaria, Scrub typhus -Participant in the State epidemic investigation team, Government of Kerala, as part of Nipah outbreak - May 2018 - Data management, surveillance, and monitoring - State Directorate of Medical education COVID-19 cell, Kerala- Report preparation, consolidation of health statistics of Kerala, coordinating and arranging consultations with higher government officials and Ministers of state, guideline preparation, human resource reports and data management - Medical officer-in-charge of preventive clinic at Government Medical College - adult and paediatric immunisation, pre-exposure and post-exposure management of animal bite - Academic presentations - Academic sessions with postgraduates (MD) - Public health, epidemiology, statistical analysis, Referencing, Health economics and Health financing - Lectures and seminars for undergraduates (MBBS) - Public health, basic epidemiology of communicable and non communicable diseases, biostatistics, nutrition, sanitation and hygiene, occupational health, basics of epidemiological investigation, supervision of seminars, supervising and facilitating community health visits, family health visits, and multiple health education sessions for patients and for general public in hospital and community levels, supervised undergraduate research work - Participation in Infection control programmes by Department of community medicine - classes, demonstrations and interaction with healthcare professionals and all healthcare staff - Conducted multiple health education sessions for healthcare staff - including during COVID-19 pandemic - - Conducted multiple health education sessions for general public in schools, colleges and medical camps - sexual and reproductive health awareness, adolescent health, breastfeeding practices, sanitation and hygiene, nutrition, preventive pre-monsoon epidemic awareness, vaccine awareness Show less



Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

• India
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Resident, Department of Community medicine

  • May 2018 - Aug 2021

  -Epidemiological investigation - Data management, surveillance, and monitoring - Reporting to and supervised by state and district health service officials - Resident-in-charge at Rural Health training centre at Rural Community health centre - Vakkom, Thiruvananthapuram - Resident-in-charge at Urban Health training centre at Integrated family health centre - Pangappara, Thiruvananthapuram - Resident-in charge, State prevention of epidemics and infectious diseases cell (SPEID cell) - Lectures and seminars for undergraduates (MBBS) - Public health, basic epidemiology of communicable and non communicable diseases, biostatistics, nutrition, sanitation and hygiene, occupational health, basics of epidemiological investigation, supervision of seminars, supervising and facilitating community health visits - Participation in Infection control programmes by Department of community medicine - Conducted multiple health education sessions for healthcare staff - including during COVID-19 pandemic - Conducted multiple health education sessions for general public - hygiene and sanitation, infection prevention, national programmes and epidemic awareness, school health programs, health awareness for migrant populations - WHO Surveillance Medical Officer for National Polio eradication programme - 2021 - Monitoring and supervision of Pulse polio immunisation activities in three designated areas in Kottayam, Kerala - house visits, visits to health centres and immunisation centres (booths) and public areas - Research activities 1. involvement in epidemic data analysis and surveillance 2. Longacting porcine ACTH stimulated salivary cortisol in the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency 3. Economic burden and catastrophic health expenditure associated with COVID-19 hospitalisations in Kerala, South India 4. Awareness of nursing assistants regarding COVID-19 epidemiology and preventions: a hospital based study 5. Prevalence of risk factors of breast cancer in women of age group 20-50 years Show less