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Professional Information
Assistant Professor,Department of Community Medicine, KMC Mangalore
Awards and recognition:
1. State level Assessor for the state of Tripura in 3rd National Effective vaccine Management assessment for the year 2022
2. District Nodal Officer-2 in Verification of Claims for Subnational Certification of progress towards TB Free status in India for the year 2022-23 for Gopalganj district of Bihar.
3. Team leads for districts Udupi and Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka in the assessment of implementation of PMTBMBA
4. Recipient of IJCM Ford Foundation Research Grant Award for 2024-25
5. Best Scientific Paper (Third) Award in EFICON 2022
6. Best Scientific Poster (Second) in AIIMS Patna Foundation Day scientific forum
7. Second prize in Medical Microteaching Competition organized by AIIMS Bhubaneswar as a part of IAPSM-YLNC 2022
8. RNTCP Task Force Grants for Operational Research in TB in Medical Colleges for Post graduate dissertation for the year 2020 by Central TB Division, New Delhi and State TB cell, Jaipur
9. Life member of IAPSM, IPHA, EFI, One Health Network of India
Research interests
Non-Communicable Disease-Risk Factors: Tobacco; Surveillance, Public Health Nutrition, Preventive Oncology, Tuberculosis
Creative Works
Total Publications- 27, Accepted-2, H Index-3. I 10 index-2, PubMed indexed-16, Scopus indexed-12; Funded Projects-11 (Completed-10, on-going-1)
Experience
• Assistant Professor of the Department of Community Medicine, KMC Mangalore, Karnataka (from 12-06-2023 to present), Role- Teaching, Research, Administration (Mid-level manager, teacher) and capacity building, community outreach activities, organizing conferences/workshops
• Senior Resident- (2 years 9 months) -Department of Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS Patna, Bihar, Role-Teaching, Research, Administration (Mid-level manager, teacher) and capacity building, community outreach activities, mentoring in workshops;
• Junior Resident- (3 years 2 months), Department of Community Medicine, RNT Government Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, Role-Teaching, research, low-level manager
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):
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Development and validation of the Manipal Malocclusion Questionnaire (MMQ): a mixed-methods study among Indian adolescents
Agarwal, S., Nambiar, S., Mishra, A. & Rao, R., 12-2025, In: BMC Oral Health. 25, 1, 1311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Level of food insecurity, its determinants, and association with the mental health of urban community dwellers in a city of coastal Karnataka, India
Motappa, R., Rao, R., Murali, N. V., Vishnu, T. S. P., Gowda, B. M. M., Ramana, S. V., Mahajan, S. M., Yalwar, S., Lakshmisagar, K., Rao, A., Gandhi, I. & Agarwal, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 20, 6, p. 1340-1358 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Level of health literacy on cervical cancer and its correlates among women of reproductive age group in an Eastern state of India
Naik, B. N., Verma, M., Rao, R., Nirala, S. K., Pandey, S., Jha, S., Ramalingam, A. & Singh, B., 01-07-2025, In: Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 34, 102091.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pathway of Healthcare for Breast Cancer among Women in an Eastern State of India: A Mixed Method Cross-Sectional Study
Ramalingam, A., Rao, R., Naik, B. N., Pandey, S., Nirala, S. K., Singh, P. & Pandey, J. K., 2025, In: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 26, 2, p. 505-513 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Time management and readiness for self-directed learning among medical undergraduates of a tertiary healthcare institution- A cross-sectional study from Eastern India
Naik, B. N., Rao, R., Verma, M., Nirala, S. K., Pandey, S., Singh, C., Ranjan, A. & Manjhi, P. K., 01-02-2025, In: Journal of Education and Health Promotion. 14, 1, 53.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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