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Chythra R Rao

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Chythra R Rao

MBBS, MD, DNB (Community Medicine)

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4016-2683

  • Madhava Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka State. Pin 576104

    India

  • Madhava Nagar, Kasturba Hospital Building

    576104 Manipal

    India

20092026

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Education

MBBS - MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, RGUHS 
MD Community Medicine - Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE 
DNB Preventive & Social Medicine - Diplomate of National Board, New Delhi
 

Professional Information

•Mentor for Clinical Trials Research vertical of KMC Manipal – July 2025 till date
•Chairperson of Clinical Trials Research vertical of KMC Manipal from May 2023 – June 2025
•Member of MAHE SICB - Strategy and Innovation Capability Building team
•Member of Department Board of Studies 2019-2022
•Member of Department Research Committee
•Registered PhD supervisor at Manipal Academy of Higher Education
•Member of Institutional Ethics Committee of Kasturba Medical College & Hospital, Manipal from October 2016 –April 2021
•External expert for Board of Studies of Community Medicine at Yenepoya Medical College, Mangaluru from Jan 2023 till date
•External member in the Selection cum review committee for granting financial assistance support to non-ICMR scientists/researchers for attending international conference/ seminars / symposia / workshops from March 2023 till date
•Faculty contributor for thesis topics in Community Medicine as part of ICMR-NMC collaborative initiative for generation of MD/MS thesis topics June 2023
•Medical Subject expert in the Selection Committee for ICMR PG Thesis program from April 2024 till date
•ICMR INTENT Institutional coordinator for KMC Manipal, MAHE -from 2024 till date
•Associate Editor for Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health from 2021
•Editorial board member of BMC Public Health- Springer Nature from April 2025

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

  1. Life member of Indian Public Health Association
  2. Life member of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine
  3. Life member of Karnataka Association of Community Health
  4. Life member of Indian Medical Association
  5. Academic Life member of Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI)
  6. Life member of Epidemiology Foundation of India
  7. Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences
  8. Lifetime Member of Indian Society for Clinical Research

Research interests

Non-communicable diseases, Maternal & child health including vaccine trials, Adolescent health, Environmental health, Health promotion

Intellectual Property

1. LITERARY/ DRAMATIC WORK - SIT LESS; MOVE MORE - A MANUAL TO PROMOTE WORKPLACE WELLNESS
Language: English
Registration no.: L-109269/2021
Dated: 26/11/2021
 
2. LITERARY/ DRAMATIC WORK: SIT LESS; MOVE MORE - A MANUAL TO PROMOTE WORKPLACE WELLNESS
Language: Kannada
Registration no.: L-137937/2023
Dated: 12/12/2023
 
BOOK CHAPTERS
 
1.         IADVL Research Compendium. Shagufta Rather, Sabira Aalia Dkhar, Chythra R Rao, Raghavendra Rao. Chapter 16. Project Management Including Planning a Study Pg. 153–165. CBS Publishers and Distributors Pvt Ltd. First Edition: 2022. ISBN: 978-93-94525-11-5. Editor-in-Chief- Nilay Kanti Das
2.         Sexually Transmissible Oral Diseases. Chapter 3. Impact of Sexually Transmitted Diseases on Public Health: Chythra R Rao, Raghavendra Rao. Pg. 37-42. E. book ISBN: 978-1-119-82677-4. January 2023 Wiley-Blackwell S. R. Prabhu (Editor), Nicholas Van Wagoner (Contributing Editor), Jeff Hill (Contributing Editor), Shailendra Sawleshwarkar (Contributing Editor)
3.         Public health approaches to health promotion. Chapter 13. Health Promotion Is Site-Specific: Muralidhar M. Kulkarni, Ranjitha S. Shetty, and Chythra R. Rao
DOI: 10.1201/b23385-23
Edited by Monika Arora and Shifalika Goenka. CRC Press, 2023-10-24. DOI: 10.1201/b23385. ISBN: 9781003438182 (ebk)
4.         Interdisciplinary Approach For Adolescent Health. Dr. Chythra R. Rao. Chapter 17. Multipronged – Multi-stakeholders approach for Adolescent Health 255-262.
Dr Sonia Puri, Dr Mona Duggal, Dr Amarjeet Singh. 2023 Edition. ISBN: 978-93-90758-99-9. Mohindra Publishing House.

Experience

Deputy Director Research (Health Sciences), MAHE – from 2025 till date.

ICMR INTENT Institutional coordinator for KMC Manipal, MAHE -from 2024 till date.

 Additional Professor – Community Medicine, KMC, Manipal from 2023 till date.

Associate Professor – Community Medicine, KMC, Manipal from 2012 to 2023.

Assistant Professor– Community Medicine, KMC, Manipal from 2008 to 2012.  

Awards and recognition 

  1. Awarded Shri B.M Patil Memorial Award Oration in Community Healthat KACHCON 2025, hosted by Department of Community Medicine, Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalaburagi on 21st -22nd Nov 2025
  2. Awarded Certificate of Appreciation for the Best Research Publication (Dr. T M A. Pai Gold Medal) Award as Corresponding authorfor the publication titled, “Balancing work and movement”: barriers and enablers for being physically active at Indian workplaces – findings from SMART STEP trial. [Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2024;21:110] at the 26th Annual & Awards Day 2025 ceremony of Manipal College of Health Professions, MAHE, Manipal held on 5th Dec 2025                     
  3. Selected for Womenlifthealth’s #2025IndiaLeadershipJourney, mentorship & coaching support to expand the power & influence of women leaders in global health. #WomensLeadershipMatters https://bit.ly/2025IndiaCohort
  4. Recognized as scientist in the Top 2 percentile of researchersin the world, by c-score in respective sub-field (general & internal medicine), August 2025, Sep 2024, Oct 2023. John P.A. Ioannidis, Top 2% Researcher List, as published in the data-update of the Updated Science-Wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators
  5. Effectiveness of a Smartphone and Pedometer-Based Physical Activity Program on Objectively Measured Sedentary Time, Cardiometabolic Disease Risk, and Cognitive Functions Among Sedentary Office Workers – A Three-Arm Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial as Finalist at BMJ South Asia Awards- 2024-2025under Digital Innovation category, organized by BMJ South Asia on 29th March 2025 held at New Delhi
  6. Awarded Bishnupriya Devi Award(Best original article in IJDVL) at Dermacon held on Feb 24th-26th 2023 at Mumbai for the article, Jindal A, Rao C, Pai SB, Rao R. Utility of oral mucosa as a substrate for the serodiagnosis of pemphigus: A descriptive analysis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2022; 88:156–61, published in IJDVL 2022
  7. Awarded Bishnupriya Devi Award(Best original article & Best Award Article in IJDVL) at Dermacon held on 4th -6th Feb 2022 for the article, Arora S, Shetty VM, Rao CR, Pai SB, Rao R. Serration pattern analysis as a practical adjunct tool for categorization of subepidermal autoimmune blistering diseases. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2021;87:778-86, published in IJDVL 2021
  8. Awarded 2nd prizein e-poster category for “Evaluation of microbial quality of household drinking water samples from coastal community of Southern Karnataka”, at the 48th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine – IAPSMCON 2021, held from 19th-21st March 2021, organized by PGIMER, Chandigarh
  9. Awarded Excellence in Teaching for the years -2018, 2017, 2016, 2015by Kasturba Medical College, Manipal at the College Day & Awards Ceremony
  10. Awarded MAC ID Seed grantfor the year 2019-2020 by Manipal McGill Centre for Infectious Diseases, KMC, Manipal.
  11. Awarded scholarship to attend McGill summer course at Montreal, Canadaduring June 11th-20th 2018, by Manipal McGill Centre for Infectious Diseases, KMC, Manipal.
  12. Awarded Distinguished Alumni Award 2017by Kasturba Medical College, Manipal at the College Day & Awards Ceremony held on March 28th 2018 at KMC, Manipal.
  13. Awarded Indian Council of Medical Research-Professor B.C. Srivastava Foundation Award for the year 2014for the research work on “Risk factors for cardiovascular diseases” at the ICMR Annual Awards Presentation Ceremony held at New Delhi on October 11th 2017.
  14. Awarded best oral paperfor “Assessment of obstetric risk factors for pre-term birth in an antenatal cohort” presented at the 61st Annual National Conference of Indian Public Health Association and First State Conference of IPHA Rajasthan (IPHACON-2017) organized by Department of Community Medicine & Family Medicine AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan held on 24th – 26th February 2017 at AIIMS, Jodhpur
  15. Awarded KACH Young Scientist Awardby Karnataka Association of Community Health at the KACH SilverCon 2013- 25th Annual KACH Conference held on 30th November & 1st December 2013 at Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute at Bangalore.
  16. Awarded partial scholarship by the ‘European Society of Hypertension’for the paper, “A panel survey on high blood pressure prevalence among adults in coastal Karnataka of southern India”, to attend the 22nd European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection held in London, United Kingdom from April 26th-29th 2012

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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