Faculty
Contact
- Email ananthramv.rmc@msruas.ac.in
- Phone +9980084864
Dr. Ananth Ram V.
Assistant Professor
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School
Medical College
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Department
Department of Community Medicine
Dr. Ananth Ram is an alumnus of MIMS, Mandya (MBBS) and CMC, Vellore (MD Community Medicine) with rich exposure to research and epidemiology training. He has worked as a lead in implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation of various community-based intervention programs for lifestyle management and NCD prevention & control in Vellore, Shimla, Udaipur, and 4 districts in Karnataka. He is currently also engaged as a Program Specialist (Health systems) with Ramaiah International Centre for Public Health Innovations and is working on the community outreach programme for the institution and health system strengthening projects in Karnataka and Meghalaya. His areas of interest include community based NCD prevention and control by risk modification, capacity building of healthcare personnel, implementation science, qualitative research, social determinants of health and operations research.
Roles
- Community Medicine course coordinator for BPT Faculty member
- Criterion 4
- RMC
- NAAC
- Program Specialist (Health systems)
- Ramaiah International Centre for Public Health Innovations
Qualifications
- MD Community Medicine
Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 2018
- MBBS
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka, 2013
Experience
Academic Experience
- January 2021 – present, Program Specialist (Health systems) at Ramaiah International Centre for Public Health Innovations (Over 3 years)
- January 2019 – present, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru (Over 5 years)
- June 2018 – December 2018, Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru (Over 6 months)
- April 2015 – March 2018, PG Registrar at Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu (3 years)
- February – October 2014, Tutor / Demonstrator, Department of Community Medicine, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bengaluru (9 months)
- Community intervention trials - Implementation science
- NCD prevention and control by risk modification strategies
- Health systems strengthening - Capacity building of HRH
- Qualitative research
- Influence of Social determinants on health
- Operations research
- A chapter titled “Public Health response to COVID-19 pandemic in India and Kenya – a health systems perspective” in the published edition of a book titled “COVID-19: Many Facets and Dimensions” A multi-disciplinary compendium of current evidence and experience. Available at: Ram, Ananth; Kumar, Nanda; Isaac, Arjunan; Chaudhury, Nayanjeet; Jayanna, Krishnamurthy; Mohammed, Rukiya; et al. (2021): Public health response to COVID-19 pandemic in India and Kenya - a health systems perspective. figshare. Book. Click Here
- Ram A, Victor CP, Christy H, Hembrom S, Cherian AG, Mohan VR. Domestic violence and its determinants among 15–49-year-old women in a rural block in South India. Indian J Community Med [serial online] 2019; 44:362-7. Available from: Click Here
- Assessment of dengue awareness among healthcare workers in a secondary hospital in Vellore, Tamil Nadu – e-journal of M.G.R University (University Journal of Medicine and Medical Specialties) 2019. ID 7342
- Manasa D, Lalitha K, Ananth Ram, Shivaraj N S. Weight Changes and its Determinants among Sputum Positive Pulmonary TB Patients in Bengaluru – A Prospective Study.RGUHS National Journal of Public Health. 2022, Volume: 7, Issue:1, Page no. 10-16. Available from: Click Here
- Lifetime member of Indian Association Preventive and Social Medicine – 7128
- Lifetime member of Indian Public Health Association – L/2019/KAR/8226
- Lifetime member of Epidemiology Foundation of India – 04527
- Lifetime member of World NCD Federation – L-0278
- Lifetime member of Karnataka Association of Community Health - 845
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