Dean (Research & Policy Support)
Prof. Shailaja is a medical doctor trained at Sree Ramachandra Medical College Chennai, and has a Double Masters- MPH from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute Trivandrum,and Masters in Medical Sciences from Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Her PhD in injury epidemiology from LSHTM (UK) was through the Wellcome Trust Fellowship.
Her areas of interest range from NCDs -public health impacts of transportation choices, especially on injuries, physical activity and air pollution, to One Health, pandemic and disaster preparedness. She continues to work on safe and sustainable mobility and injury Epidemiology, arising from everyday journeys to work, school and other anthropogenic activities.
She also leads teaching modules (environment health, disability, disaster preparedness) curriculum development, short term trainings and student mentoring.
Qualifications
MBBS, MPH, MMS (Karolinska Sweden)
Areas of Expertise
Injury and disability prevention; environment and occupational health; Operations Research in health; Monitoring & Evaluation; Disaster management and preparedness.
Areas of interest
Injury and disability prevention; environment and occupational health; One Health; Operations Research in health; Monitoring &Evaluation; Disaster management and preparedness; Blood safety; Infection Control & Patient Safety.
Awards and Honors
2022 Indian Development Foundation Award for Injury prevention efforts
2020 Global Road Safety Leadership Fellow, USA
2017 Australia Awards Fellowship (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), Melbourne, Australia
2016 Welcome Trust PHFI PhD Fellowship Award, UK
2015 Best Poster Presentation Award, PHFI Research Symposium, India
2015 AusAID award in injury prevention, Brisbane, Australia
2014 Harold Gunsen International Award for Blood Safety, Japan
Publications
Current Research activities / Projects
Shailaja has worked in over 50 projects as PI /Co-PI and has 44 publications and 3 book chapters and print media write-ups.
Teaching / Academic Involvement
Teaches MPH, PG Diploma in Public Health Management, short courses in Environmental health, Disaster preparedness, Research Methods, Injury prevention & Disability. She is actively involved in student supervision -1 PhD (ongoing), over 45 Masters/ Diploma theses
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