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Society and Health

Introduction

Society and Health looks at a wider understanding of medicine, the body, patients and health from the perspective of the arts, literature, history, law, philosophy, religion, anthropology and so on. It draws upon the vast body of knowledge in these various disciplines and fosters non medical enquiry into health related phenomena.

Sl No. Project Title Project Lead Year
1 To profile for molecular pathways that may be altered by the commonly used therapeutic agents (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, flavonoids, topical agents, antibiotics and anti-neoplastic etc.) on various human and mice cell lines. Dr Jyothi S Prabhu 2022-2023
2 Formative Research for assessing Comprehensive Primary Health Care in Mysore city Dr Prem K. Mony 2022
3 Understanding the challenges of COVID ICU staff in communicating with patients and patients’ families during the COVID crisis, a qualitative exploration. Dr Bhuvana Krishna, (PI) Dr Manjulika Vaz, (CoPI) 2021-2022
4 The impact of COVID 19 on the perspectives of medical students and interns to medicine as a profession: A multi centric study Manjulika Vaz with Olinda Timms, and Suhas Chandran 2020
5 RUMC - Rational use of Medicine Centres PI: Dr Denis Xavier; Co-I: Dr. Padmini Devi, Dr.Atiya Faruqui, Dr. Mangala Rao 2019-2022
6 Epidemiology Data Analysis and Visualization (EPIDAVIZ) Dr. Prem K Mony 2018
7 Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) – An e-learning course to improve knowledge and skills of doctors in medical certification of cause-of-death in India Dr. Kavya R 2018
8 A pilot study to understand the ethical complexities with CHIM (Controlled Human Infection Model) studies and the need for public engagement PI: Dr. Manjulika Vaz, Co-I: Dr. Mario Vaz, Olinda Timms, Avita Johnson 2018
9 Capacity Building of Nurses on Sexuality and Sexual Reproductive Health Issues (CaNs) Maryann Washington 2017
10 Fast tracking Bangalore's response to HIV through a pilot community-led testing model, the first in India Dr. Tony DS Raj, Dr. Savitha Nagraj 2016
11 ‘Life after death – the dead shall teach the living’- personal narratives of voluntary body donors for medical education Manjulika Vaz 2016
12 Impact of solar lighting on health, livelihood, indoor environment; A cluster randomized control trial Dr. Anura V Kurpad, Dr. Sumathi Swaminathan 2015
13 Health Promotion of School Youth through Nurses and Support Groups (HePSY) using the Adolescent Education Programme Plus (AEP Plus) in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Schools Maryann Washington 2015
14 Early detection of hypertension during pregnancy using increased frequency of blood pressure monitoring and information technology: A single group, prospective observational pilot study Dr. Abijeet Waghmare, Dr. Tony Raj 2014
15 Mobile application to monitor quality of ICU care nationwide (CHITRA) Dr. Tony D S Raj, Dr. Sriram Sampath, Dr. Abijeet V Waghmare 2014