Dr. Chythra R Rao

Dr Chythra R Rao in her role as a medical teacher in actively involved in teaching and training undergraduate and post graduate medical students in Community Medicine. She is: •Actively involved in patient care, academic & clinical research •Actively engaged in conduct of outreach programs, screening and health education programs in the community •Involved in training undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral students & faculty members of various institutes at MAHE in Research methodology, Epidemiology and Bio-statistics •Faculty guide for medical undergraduate students for ICMR STS projects, Master’s dissertation work and Doctoral thesis Dr Chythra R Rao in her role as a researcher is, •Involved in over twenty national and international funded research projects & clinical trials, especially vaccine trials •Has over 130 research publications in peer reviewed national & international journals •Registered PhD supervisor at Manipal Academy of Higher Education

•Peer Reviewer for national and international journals in Community Medicine & Public health •Member of Doctoral Advisory Committee for PhD students •Member of Department Research Committee •Mentor for Clinical Trials Research vertical of KMC Manipal from July 2025 •External expert for Board of Studies of Community Medicine at Yenepoya Medical College, Mangaluru from Jan 2023 •External member in the Selection cum review committee for granting financial assistance support to non-ICMR scientists/researchers for attending international conference/ seminars / symposia / workshops from March 2023 •Medical Subject expert in the Selection Committee for ICMR PG Thesis program from April 2024 •ICMR INTENT Institutional coordinator for KMC Manipal, MAHE from 2024 •Associate Editor for Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health from 2021 •Editorial board member of BMC Public Health- Springer Nature from April 2025

Dr Chythra R Rao in her role as a Deputy Director Research for Health Sciences, •Facilitates research across health science institutes at Manipal, Mangalore & Jamshedpur campus •Involved in formulating & implementation of MAHE research policies & processes •Previously, Dr Chythra R Rao has served as, •Chairperson of Clinical Trials Research vertical of KMC Manipal from May 2023 – June 2025 •Faculty contributor for thesis topics in Community Medicine as part of ICMR-NMC collaborative initiative for generation of MD/MS thesis topics June 2023 •Member of MAHE SICB - Strategy and Innovation Capability Building team •Member of Department Board of Studies 2019-2022 •Member of Institutional Ethics Committee of Kasturba Medical College & Hospital, Manipal from October 2016 –April 2021