Dr P Arathi Rao

Associate Professor

Coordinator - MPH Programme

Department of Health Policy

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    o    Overall coordination of MPH Programme

    o    Conducting funded research studies

    o    Mentoring postgraduate and under graduate students

    o    Developing manuscripts for peer reviewed journals, abstracts for conferences and workshops

    o    Research methodology

    o    Support to students and faculty members to develop abstracts, manuscripts and reports

    o    Teaching, Lesson Planning and Syllabus revision

    o    Conducting conferences and workshops on relevant topics

    o    Practical, and Field visits

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Basic and Applied Epidemiology Year I
Basics of MCH Year I
Policies & Legislations in MCH Year I
Global Issues in MCH Year I

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) Epidemiology MAHE, Manipal 2020
MPH Epidemiology MAHE, Manipal 2011
DGO OBG Mysore Medical College 1999
MBBS Medicine Bangalore Medical College 1995

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Dept of Health Policy, Prasanna School of Public Health Associate Professor Coordinator – MPH Programme Jan 2020 till date
Dept of Health Policy, Prasanna School of Public Health Assistant Professor Coordinator – MPH Programme Aug 2018-Jan 2020
Dept of Public Health Assistant Professor April 2013- August 2018
KMC International Centre Course Coordinator Sep 2011-March 2013

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

issues in population, stakeholder analysis

Area of Research

Epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases among women and children, Operational & implementation research, Maternal health, adolescent health, IEC activities, BCC activities, socio-economic issues in population, stakeholder analysis

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Institution

Designation

Year

Manipal Health Literacy Unit, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Coordinator

2018 till date

Global health and Humanitarian Medicine, Manipal Academy of Higher Education in collaboration with Medecins Sans Frontieres

MAHE Coordinator

2018 till date

 

Work Experience

·         SC1-BHC-17-2020 - DBT-H2020 on PRESCRIP-TEC, Prevention and Screening Innovation Project Towards Elimination of Cervical cancer project as a Co-Principal Investigator from MAHE, - approved for funding by European Commission - Grant agreement in progress

·         External Monitor for WHO for Pulse Polio National Immunisation evaluation, January  2015

·         External Monitor for Special Newborn Care Unit  Evaluation for Southern districts of Karnataka – National Health Mission, Govt of India, March 2015

·         Recipient of Erasmus ICM  faculty exchange travel grant  as a visiting faculty to  Department of Public Health, Tampere University, Finland – June 2019

·         Recipient of Erasmus ICM  faculty exchange travel grant to Global health Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands – December 2019