CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Animesh Jain teaches Community Medicines to MPT, MASLP, MBBS, BPT students.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Community Medicine First and Seventh Semester
Research Methods and Biostatistics Third year

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Post Graduate Diploma Bioethics and Medical Ethics Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University 2013
DFH (Diploma in Family Health) Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai 2009
MD (Doctor of Medicine) Community Medicine Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 2004
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) Community Medicine Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 2001

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Department of Community Medicine, KMC Mangalore Professor March 2000 - till date
Department of Community Medicine, KMC Mangalore Professor and Head March 2015 - February 2020
Department of Community Medicine, KMC Mangalore Associate Professor 2009 - February 2015
Department of Community Medicine, KMC Mangalore Assistant Professor 2004-2009
Department of Community Medicine, KMC Mangalore Tutor cum Postgraduate 2001-2004

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

General Epidemiology Non-Communicable disease Health Education

Area of Expertise

Medical Education Bioethics and Medical Ethics Epidemiology

Area of Research

Asthma , Child and Adolescent Health , Non-Communicable disease , Research Ethics , Health Professions Education , Road Traffic Injuries

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  • Member of the PhD Advisory Committee, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore
  • Member of the Board of Studies in Community Medicine, Manipal Academy of Higher Education 2010–13
  • Member of the Research Mentoring Cell, KMC, Mangalore
  • Nodal Officer, Integrated Disease Surveillance Project for Dakshina Kannada district
  • Member of the Adverse Events Following Immunization Committee, DK District
  • Member of the Rapid Response Team of DK District Disease Surveillance Unit
  • Secretary (2013-2014), Treasurer (2012-2013), Joint Secretary (2011-2012) and State Council Member (2010-2011) of Indian Medical Association, Mangalore
  • Awarded partial scholarship to attend the Advancing Ethical Research Conference, San Diego, California, USA, 2012.
  • Second Prize in overall best performance at two week course in Health Research Methodology, John’s Research Institute, Canada, 2011
  • Awarded scholarship to attend the ‘Leading for Change in Health Professional Education Program', Stockholm, Sweden, 2010
  • Awarded scholarship by FAIMER, Philadelphia, USA to attend the network, at the Unity for Health International Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2010
  • Organising Secretary, MEDICON, 2009
  • Best paper award at Annual National Conference on HIV/AIDS at Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram, Kerala, 2004.