Nutritional, psychosocial, and environmental determinants of neurodevelopment and child mental health

Advisory Group

Prof. Vikram Patel

The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Harvard Medical School

Prof. Dr. Onno (C.P.) van Schayck

Professor, Preventive Medicine, Dept. of Family Medicine, Maastricht University

Prof. Dana Barr

Professor, Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Prof. Luke Knibbs

Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health Data Science, University of Sydney

Dr. Tara Thiagarajan

Founder and Chief Scientist, Sapien Labs

Prof. Bhismadev Chakrabarti

Professor, Neuroscience and Mental Health, Research Director of the Centre for Autism, University of Reading

Prof. Melissa Gladstone

Professor, Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics and International Child Health, University of Liverpool

Dr. Roopa Srinivasan

Director, Developmental Pediatrics & Head, Clinical Services, Ummeed Child Development Center

Prof. Rakhal Gaitonde

Professor, Achutha Menon Centre of Health Science Studies

Prof. Rebecca Kuriyan Raj

Professor & Head, Division of Nutrition; Head, Clinical Nutrition and Lifestyle Management, St. John’s Research Institute

Principal Investigators

Prof. Giridhara R Babu

Professor and Head – Life Course Epidemiology, Public Health Foundation of India

Dr. Poornima Prabhakaran

Director, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends (CHART),
Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

Dr. Prashanth Thankachan

Associate Professor, Nutrition, St John’s Research Institute

Dr. Gauri Divan

Director, Child Development Group, Sangath

Dr. Supriya Bhavnani

Neuroscientist, Co-Principal Investigator, REACH, STREAM, Sangath

Dr. Prashanth N Srinivas

Director, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

Senior Research Members

Dr. Sumathi Swaminathan

Associate Professor, Nutrition, St. John’s Research Institute

Dr. Aditi Roy

Research Scientist, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

Dr. Jyothi S Menon

Research Scientist, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

Dr. Siddhartha Mandal

Senior Research Scientist, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

Dr. Ruby Gupta

Senior Research Scientist, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

Dr. Debarati Mukherjee

Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, Public Health Foundation of India

Research staff

Deepa R

Senior Research Associate, Indian Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, PHFI

Astha Yadav

Project Associate, Sangath

Chaman Lal

Research Associate, Sangath

Sindhu N D

Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, PHFI

Awadhesh Kumar

Program Officer, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

Shweta Dixit

Senior Research Associate, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

Sonal Singh

Research Fellow, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

Kritika Anand

Senior Research Assistant, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

Amit Prakash
Junior Data Manager, Sangath

PhD Fellows

Eunice Lobo

Senior Research Associate, Indian Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, Public Health Foundation of India

Registered at Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Smita Todkar

Senior Research Coordinator, Sangath

Registered at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

Assessors

Manjula G.

Assessor, Indian Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, PHFI

Nirmala

Assessor, Sangath

Promila

Assessor, Sangath

Zaineb Attarwala

Assessor, Indian Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, PHFI

Akanksha B. Karande
Assessor, Indian Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, PHFI
Shalini S.
Assessor, Indian Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, PHFI
Manju Yadav
Assessor, Sangath
Renu Dhanker
Assessor, Sangath
Sonam Mishra
Assessor, Sangath

Sunil Devi
Assessor, Sangath
Shwetha H.
Assesor, Indian Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, PHFI

Admin and Finance officers

Palkie Barua

Senior Manager-Programs and Capacity Building, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

TS Ramesh

Senior Officer, Administration cum Accounts, Indian Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, PHFI

Manjunath HJ

Senior Administrator and Research Manager, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

Rinku Yadav

Admin and Finance Officer, Sangath

Interns

Dr. Arunesh B S


Designation during the internship: PG Student, NITTE University, Mangalore

Current designation: Research Officer, Institute of Health Management Research, Bengaluru (IIHMR-B)

Pallerla Srikanth

Designation during the internship: Ph.D. Scholar (UGC-SRF), Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Current designation: Ph.D. Scholar, NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Dr. Shahal Mansoor

Designation during the internship: Assessor

Current designation: PG student, NITTE University, Mangalore

Dr. Ranjana N Rao

Designation during the internship: PG Student, Prasanna School of Public Health, MAHE, Manipal

Current designation: Global Health Research Fellow at Swasti – The Health Catalyst

P S Karpaga Priya

Designation during the internship: PG student, Institute of Health Management Research, Bengaluru (IIHMR-B)

Current designation: PGDM in Hospital & Health Management Student, IIHMR-B

Dr. Shweta Kapote


Designation during the internship: Dentist

Current designation: Quality documentation specialist at Nuance

Dr. Supriya Sinha

Designation during the internship: PG Student, NITTE University, Mangalore