Ashma Dorothy Monteiro

Assistant Professor – Selection Grade

Academic Coordinator, PSPH

Department of Data Science

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    She is an Assistant Professor – Selection Grade in the Department of Data Science of the Prasanna School of Public Health  at Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
    She is:

    • Teacher for MSc -- Biostatistics course
    • Project Guide/Co -- guide for few of the final semester MSc Biostatistics/MPH students Subject 
    • Coordinator for Courses (Outside Department): Master of Public Health (I year), Master of Hospital Administration, SOAHS – UG Courses, MSc – Nursing, MSc – Regenerative Medicine. 
    • Staff Coordinator for ANVESHA, an intercollegiate fest conducted by the Department of Data Science, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, for the undergraduate statistics students of other universities.
    • Staff Coordinator - Manipal Academy of Higher Education Teaching Departments for the Cultural Coordination Committee of Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
    • Organising committee member – Manipal Research Colloquium

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Probability and Probability Distributions Year I
Design of Experiments and Randomised Clinical Trials Year I
Introductory Biostatistics for Public Health Year I
Intermediate Biostatistics for Public Health Year I
Advanced Biostatistics for Public Health Year I
Business Statistics, Operations Research and Research Methodology Year I
Statistics (Section B) First Semester and Second Semester – MSc Nursing
Biostatistics Third Semester – MSc Regenerative Medicine
Linear Models Year I
Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Methodology Allied Health – Undergraduate Courses (BPT, BASLP, BOT, B.OPTOM, B.PFT, BSc – RT, BSc – MLT, BSc – MRT, BSc – CVT, BSc – HIA, BSc – NMT, PGDNMT)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Ph.D “Studies on Certain Generalized Inventory Models” Mangalore University, Mangalore Persuing
M.Phil. - Statistics Time Series and Regression Analysis Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu 2008

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Department of Data Science, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Assistant Professor & Lecturer Organized “ National Workshop on Statistical Methods in Epidemiology” Staff Coordinator for ANVESHA, an intercollegiate fest. Staff Coordinator - Manipal Academy of Higher Education Teaching Departments for the Cultural Coordination Committee of Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Taught MSc – Biostatistics students . Teacher and Subject Coordinator for Courses (Outside Department): Master of Public Health (I year), Master of Hospital Administration, SOAHS – UG Courses, MSc – Nursing, MSc – Regenerative Medicine. December 2011 – March 2014 & January 2010 – November 2011
Aloysius Institute Of Management And Information Technology (AIMIT), St Aloysius College, Mangalore Lecturer o Taught for MCA, MBA, MSc-Bioinformatics programs o Subjects taught: Operations Research, Modeling & Simulation, Numerical Techniques & Discrete Mathematics, Stochastic Processes, Probability & Statistics o SPOC and Anchor-Infosys Campus Connect Soft Skills Program. Coordinator - “National Workshop on Research Methodology” September 2007 – January 2010
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi Lecturer o Taught BSc, BCA, BCom programs o Subjects taught: Operations Research, Total Quality Management, Descriptive Statistics, Probability and Probability Distribution, Business Statistics and Mathematics, Computer Oriented Numerical Analysis June 2006 – August 2007

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Randomised Clinical Trials, Time Series and Regression Analysis, Operations Research and Stochastic Processes

Area of Expertise

Probability and Probability Distributions, Randomised Clinical Trials, Time Series and Regression Analysis

Area of Research

Operations Research

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  • Member of Board of Studies in the Department of Statistics at St Agnes College, Mangalore.
  • Reviewer in Indian Journal of Medical Research.

An Inventory Model with Weibull Deterioration Rate, Three Phase Ramp Type Demand and Partial Backlogging

2011-01-01 Monteiro AD Achary KK

Recent Advances in Statistics and Computer Applications, India, Department of Statistics, Bharathiar University.

Comparison of medicine quality of the generic formulation of amoxicillin provided by the Government of Karnataka with marketed brands - A public health perspective

2013-01-01 Pais KP Monteiro AD Panchmal GS Shenoy R Tellis R

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research, 2013.

Comparison of intrathecal hyperbaric 0.5% Bupivacaine, isobaric 0.5% Levobupivacaine and isobaric 0.75% Ropivacaine for lower abdominal surgeries.

2014-01-01 Dsouza A Harshavardhan Saldanha N Monteiro AD

International Journal of Health Sciences Research.

Effect of Oral Premedication on Sub Arachnoid Block for Elective Lower Limb Surgeries.

2014-01-01 Ollapally A Jain P Monteiro A

International Journal of Health Sciences Research. 2014;

Modifiable lifestyle associated risk factor for non communicable disease among students of PUC of Udupi taluk

Parsekar S S Lena A Monteiro AD Singh M M Bhumika TV

Global journal of Medicine and Public Health

Review of ARIMA models in health sciences and analysis of univariate time series

2010-01-01 Vikas Rao B

MSc Biostatistics (2010 – 2012), Fourth Semester.

A Study on the conduct of interim analysis

2011-01-01 Serah Ruffina Jathanna

MSc Biostatistics (2011 – 2013), Fourth Semester.

Prevalence of chest symptomatic of TB among diabetes patients in Udupi taluk

2011-01-01 Swapnil Shrinivas Nimkar

Master of Public Health (2011 – 2013), Fourth Semester.

Prevalence and associated factors of alcoholism among tuberculosis patients in Udupi Taluk, Karnataka, India, 2013 - A cross sectional study

2011-01-01 Poshan Thapa

Master of Public Health (2011 – 2013), Fourth Semester.

Assessment of under-five Immunisation coverage among the slum population in Udupi Taluk, Karnataka

2011-01-01 Santosh Kadka

Master of Public Health (2011 – 2013), Fourth Semester.

A study on prevalence of occupational stress, coping skills and job satisfaction among primary school teachers of Udupi Taluk, Karnataka , India

2011-01-01 Myna Shetty

Master of Public Health, (2011 – 2013), Fourth Semester.

Incomplete block design - A study

Shriraksha Pai

M.Sc. Biostatistics,(2011-2013), Fourth semester

Time series model to predict the occurance of certain infectious diseases

Chidvila Salian

M.Sc.Biostatistics (2012-2014), Fourth Semester

A study to understand the Reproductive Health Problems compartive study in Udupi, Koppal and Uttara Kannada

Divya

MPH (2012-2014),Fourth Semester

Lifestyle associated risk factors for non communicable diseases among students of Pre University Colleges of Udupi Taluk

Shradha

MPH (2012-2014),Fourth Semester

Prevalence of WRMD among bus conductors in Udupi district

Garima

MPH (2012-2014),Fourth Semester

Study on Occupational Health Hazards (Respiratory Health Problems) among Petrol Pump Workers

Maulik

MPH (2012-2014) Fourth semester

Heat stress among workers of bulb and tube manufacturing unit

Purnima

MPH(2012-2014), Fourth Semester