Public Health

  • Dr. Ramesh Awasthi
    • Co- Founder, Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM)
    • Several years of experience working on various themes relevant to rural India.
    • Nodal NGO for Pune district for the NHRM program.
    • Extensive linkages with other NGOs, Primary Health Centers (PHCs).
    • Involved with Locost Standard Therapeutics, a trust that produces essential medicines for rural India at very affordable prices.
    • PhD, UDCT, University of Bombay
    • B.Tech/M.Tech, Chem engg, IIT Delhi
    • MA, Economics, Meerut university
  • Dr. Nerges Mistry
    • Director and Trustee of Foundation for Medical Research (FMR), Mumbai and Foundation for Research in Community Health (FRCH), Pune.
    • Microbiologist and immunologist by training from University of Mumbai and University of Birmingham, U.K,
    • Research areas include molecular epidemiology of MDR-TB and its public health implications, intervention research in the management of drinking water in rural communities.
    • Experienced in development and evaluation of community based health care systems in rural areas
    • Member of the ASHA Mentoring Group of the NRHM and has been on the Advisory Group for Community Processes and Traditional Medicine for the 11th and 12th Five Year Plan, Govt. of India.
  • Dr. Anant Bhan
    • Trained as a medical doctor with a masters’ degree in bioethics from the University of Toronto
    • Extensive experience in the areas of Global Health and Bioethics, both academic and community-based.
    • Member of Editorial Board of 'Public Health Ethics' published by Oxford University Press and also serves on the International Advisory Board of the Asian Bioethics Review
    • Member of the Working Group set up to revise the 2002 CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research involving Humans, and the Interim Steering Committee of the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research.
  • Dr. Mugdha Potnis-Lele
    • M.Sc., Ph.D (Health Sciences, University of Pune)
    • Manager – Social Innovations, Venture Center
    • Research interests include epidemiological profiling and molecular diagnostics for public health diseases.

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