Research & Evidence
Research that informs programmes and health systems
Operational research · Epidemiology · Disease surveillance · Health systems · Diagnostics
My research work is rooted in applied public health: using programme data, field epidemiology, operational research and implementation-oriented evidence to understand what works, where systems fail, and how services can improve.
25
Publications
2013–2025
Publication span
India + Global
Research settings
Applied Research
Programme-oriented evidence
Selected Research
Representative work
2024
Mosquito prevalence, resting habitat preference, and Plasmodium infection status of anophelines in coastal Karnataka during the declining phase of malaria—an exploratory study
2023
Oxygen Scarcity and COVID-19: Lessons Learned During the May–June 2021 Peak, Karnataka, India
2021
Kyasanur Forest Disease, is our surveillance system healthy to prevent a larger outbreak? A mixed-method study, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India: 2019
2017
Performance-based financing contributes to resilient health services affected by the Liberian Ebola outbreak
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Published and under-publication work
2025
Diagnostic performance of hemozoin-based magneto-optical detection assay and RDT: A prospective observational study
2024
Socio-demographic factors influencing tobacco-free village initiative in Karnataka
Mosquito prevalence, resting habitat preference, and Plasmodium infection status of anophelines in coastal Karnataka during the declining phase of malaria—an exploratory study
2023
Oxygen Scarcity and COVID-19: Lessons Learned During the May–June 2021 Peak, Karnataka, India
2022
India Field Epidemiology Training Program Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2021
Two-dimensional or three-dimensional imaging for breast cancer screening? An evaluation study of sensitivity and specificity from Northern Kerala, India
2021
Bracing for the pandemic: The Udupi-Manipal experience
Assessment of delays in TB diagnosis and treatment – Revised National TB Control Program, India, 2014
Kyasanur Forest Disease, is our surveillance system healthy to prevent a larger outbreak? A mixed-method study, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India: 2019
2019
Improved survival among oral cancer patients: findings from a retrospective study at a tertiary care cancer centre in rural Kerala, India
2017
Effects of the 2014 Ebola outbreak on antenatal care and delivery outcomes in Liberia: a nationwide analysis
Did the Ebola outbreak disrupt immunisation services? A case study from Liberia
Performance-based financing contributes to resilient health services affected by the Liberian Ebola outbreak
Influence of Ebola on tuberculosis case finding and treatment outcomes in Liberia
The influence of the Ebola outbreak on presumptive and active tuberculosis in Bombali district, Sierra Leone
Non-communicable diseases in the Western Area District, Sierra Leone, before and during the Ebola Outbreak
Did the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Liberia affect HIV testing, linkage to care and ART initiation?
The Ebola outbreak: effects on HIV reporting, testing and care in Bonthe district, rural Sierra Leone
Isoniazid preventive therapy among children living with tuberculosis patients: is it working?
2016
HIV Testing among Patients with Presumptive Tuberculosis: How Do We Implement in a Routine Programmatic Setting?
2015
A first country-wide review of Diabetes Mellitus care in Bhutan: time to do better
2013
Efficient, quality-assured data capture in operational research through innovative use of open-access technology
Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding among Malnourished Children in Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres of Karnataka, India: Missed Opportunities
Is bleach-sedimented smear microscopy an alternative to direct microscopy under programme conditions in India?
Under Publication
Oncological Outcome of Male Breast Cancer patients in a tertiary cancer care centre in Kerala, India
Research Approach
Across operational research, epidemiology and programme evaluation, the emphasis is on translating real-world data into practical evidence for policy, implementation, surveillance and service improvement.