Academic Qualifications
MPH (Master of Public Health); Harvard University, USA; 1988
M Phil (Master of Philosophy, Applied Economics); Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; 1987
M D (Doctor of Medicine-Pediatrics); Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram; 1983
DCH (Diploma in Child Health); Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram; 1980
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery); Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram ; 1976
Professional Record
Professor; Achutha Menon Centre, SCTIMST; From July 2007
Independent Consultant; SOMA; 2006-2007
Domain Expert and consultant; Modernising Government Programme (Project of Government of Kerala); 2004-2006
Professor; St Johns Institute of Population Health, Bengaluru; 2003-4
Domain Expert, Health; Fiscal Reforms Project, Government of Kerala; 2002-3
Executive Director; Health Action by People, Thiruvananthapuram; 1997-2002
Associate Professor; SCTIMST; 1994-1997
Scientist D; SCTIMST; 1993-1994
Research Scientist; SCTIMST; 1988-1993
Tutor in Pediatrics; Government Medical College, Thrisur; 1983-1985
Consultant Pediatrician; Archana Hospital, Thodupuzha, Idukki, Kerala; 1983
Honors
Fellowship to Harvard School of Public Health; Ford Foundation; 1987
Gold Medal; Tuberculosis Association of India, Kerala Chapter; 1976
Monsignor Kureethadom Gold Medal; University of Kerala ; 1971
Area of Interest
Epidemiological methods, Epidemiology of diabetes, Health Systems and Policy, Teaching of 'R' (Statistical Programming Language on the free platform)
Current Activities
Teaching: Introduction to Epidemiology (MPH) - 2 credits
Intermediate Epidemiology (MPH) - 2 credits
Health Policy Analysis (MPH) - 2 credits
Public Health Ethics (MPH)- Partial- 1 credit
(One credit = 15 hours of class room lecture)
Analysing medical and health data using R (2 day workshop)
Guiding 6 Ph D scholars currently
Research:- Projects, Guiding Ph D students
On-going Projects
PI, 'Strengthening Ecosystems for Sustainable and Inclusive Health Financing in India'- project funded by USAID (Collaborative project with Public Health Foundation of India) (Rs 35 lakhs for 2015)
Co-PI (with Dr Sundari Ravindran of AMCHSS) of the project 'Closing the Gaps- Health Equity Research in India' funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
One of the collaborators in AROGYAM, a consortium for social science research in health with Achutha Menon Centre, University of Edinburgh, and Jawaharlal Nehru University supported by European Commission and Indian Council of Social Science Research
Gender differences in living with diabetes- project supported by the Women's Component Plan, Government of India
Fellowships
Ford Foundation Fellowship to pursue MPH at Harvard University, 1987-88
Membership
International Epidemiological Association
Publications
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Bhandari TR,, Womena??s Autonomy and Its Correlates inWestern Nepal: A Demographic Study,
PLoS ONE , 2016, 11(1),
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Vinitha A,, . PPIA rs6850: A>G single nucleotide polymorphism is associated with raised plasma cyclophylin A levels in patients with coronary artery disease, Mol Cell Biochem, 2016, 412(1,2):259-68
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Dagenais GR, Gerstein HC, Zhang X et al (including, Variations in Diabetes prevalence in Low-,Middle- and High-Income Countries: Results from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology Study, Diabetes Care , 2016, 39,5:780-7
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James T, V Raman Kutty, Jennifer Boyd, Patrick Brzoska, Validation of the Malayalam version of the Internalised Stigma of Mental Illness inventory, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2016, 20:22-9
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Joseph M Pappachan, Diana Raskauskiene,, Excess mortality associated with hypopituitarism in adults: a meta-analysis of observational studies, J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2015, 100(4):1405a??1411
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A Rosengren, K Theo, S Rangarajan et al (including, Psychosocial factors and obesity in 17 high-, middle-, and low-income countries: The Prospective Urban Epidemiological (PURE) study,
International Journal of Obesity , 2015, ,
doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.487
Anand TN,, Development and testing of a scale to measure trust in public health care system, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics , 2015, 12,3:149-57
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PR Sreelakshmi,Sanjeev Nair, Biju Soman,Rani Alex, K Vijayakumar,, Maternal and neonatal outcomes of gestational diabetes: a retrospective cohort study from Southern India, Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care , 2015, 4,3:395-8
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Bhandari TR, Sarma PS,, Utilization of maternal health care services in post conflict Nepal, International Journal of Womena??s Health , 2015, 7:783-90
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James T T, Kutty V R. Assessment of internalised stigma among patients with mental disorders in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2015, 27,4:439-49
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NS Ganga,, Determinants of positive mental health- a path model, Mental Health Review Journal , 2014, 19,1:47-60
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Tulsi Ram Bhandari, Ganesh Dangal, P Sankara Sarma,, Construction and validation of a womena??s autonomy measurement scale with reference to utilization of maternal health care services in Nepal, J Nepal Med Assoc , 2014, 52(195): 925-34
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S Ramachandran, A Venugopal,, Plasma level of cyclophilin A is increased in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and suggests presence of vascular disease, Cardiovascular diabetology, 2014, 0.56805555555555554
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Joe Varghese,, The interactions of ethical notions and moral values of immediate stakeholders of immunization services in two Indian states: a qualitative study,
BMJ Open, 2013, ,
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Joe Varghese and, Governability framework for the evaluation of complex public health functions, Evaluation Review , 2012, 36,4:303-319
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KUTT, V.R., The Draft National Health Research Policy, ROOP GURSAHANI, 2011, 8
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Kutty, V.R.; Soman, CR; Joseph, A.; Pisharody, R.; Vijayakumar, K., Type 2 diabetes in southern Kerala: variation in prevalence among geographic divisions within a region, National Medical Journal of India, 2000, 13; 287-292
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Raman Kutty, V.; Balakrishnan, KG; Jayasree, AK; Thomas, J., Prevalence of coronary heart disease in the rural population of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India, International journal of cardiology, 1993, 39; 59-70