About
Summary
- Physician with unique experience of working in field-epidemiology as well as research epidemiology.
- Generating necessary public health evidence for expansion of vaccine coverage in South Asian countries through creating and implementing evidence generation plan for observational studies, and HEOR.
- Experience of working for disease eradication, elimination and control programs.
- Experience of working for expansion of EPI, conducting catch-up campaigns for oral as well as injectable vaccines.
Positions
Epidemiologist May 2015 -
Summary: To generate necessary evidence in the area of VPDs for the benefit of Public Health by conducting epidemiological studies and through collaboration with key stakeholders.
Description:
# Performing literature reviews, identification of critical data gaps, working towards filling out these data gaps for vaccines that are currently available as well as for vaccines that are currently in-pipeline
# Estimating burden of disease in terms of morbidity, mortality and economic impact of diseases for vaccines which are yet to-be launched as well as for vaccines seeking new recommendations in developing countries and present this data in an impactful manner to various internal and external stakeholders
# Identifying key stakeholders, establishing and nurturing relationship with stakeholders, and building coalition for immunization, burden of disease studies, and for bridging the critical data gaps
# Understand and shape the policy maker perception by proactively working with stakeholders to generate and communicate effective evidence
Surveillance Medical Officer at WHO- Country Office for India Jun 2010 - Apr 2015
Summary:
Put into practice the concepts of applied epidemiology for containment of VPDs and expansion of National Immunization Program.
Description:
# Strengthen communicable disease surveillance, contain disease outbreaks, conduct coverage evaluations, cold-chain assessments, capacity building etc.
# Handling key issues in vaccine implementation and roll-out of various vaccines in National Immunization Program (NIP) as well as in mass campaigns (for mop-up and roll-out strategy)
# Health-system strengthening in a poor performing state (Madhya Pradesh) of the developing country for the expansion of National immunization Program and for the inclusion of most vulnerable groups like migratory populations etc.
Education
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai 2016 - 2019
Field of study: Public Health
Degree: PhD
- Cost-effectiveness of Vaccines
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2016 - 2016
Field of study: Epidemiological evaluation of vaccines: Efficacy, safety and policy (Short course)
Degree: Short Course
# Epidemiological principles of vaccine evaluation
# Infectious disease modelling in assessing vaccine impact
# Economic evaluation of vaccination programmes
# Using immunology in vaccine evaluation
# Immunological basis for vaccination
# Pre-licensure epidemiological issues
# Post-licensure epidemiological issues
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai 2008 - 2010
Field of study: Health Administration
Degree: Master of Health Administration
Dissertation: "Economic Burden of HIV/AIDS on Household: Study in context of households of Navi Mumbai".
It was awarded as The Best Dissertation for Master of Health Administration for the batch of 2008-2010.
TN Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai 2002 - 2008
Field of study: Medicine
Degree: MBBS
- Represented TN Medical College in the State level Surgical Quiz
Skills
- Qualitative and Quantitative research methodologies
- Data Analysis
- MS Excel, SPSS