Vinod Kumar Diwan

Editor in Chief

MD, MPH, PhD, FRCP Edin Senior professor Global Public Health Karolinska

institutet Stockholm, Sweden

Mobile: 00 46 706055775

URL: https://staff.ki.se/people/vinod-diwan

E mail vinod.diwan@ki.se

Ph.D. from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden in 1992 and professor at Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg in 1997. Appointed as a professor at Karolinska Institutet in 2001. Research and research education experience from more than 60 countries including Sweden. The main research areas are epidemiology and health systems research focused on infectious diseases. In recent years research on image analysis using artificial intelligence. Focus on methodological research and pragmatic randomized control trials. Senior professor since 2015. Visiting professor R. D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain since 2000.

Sudhir. B. Gawarikar

Deputy Editor in Chief

MD(Medicine), MRCP Professor, Department of Medicine, Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College (RDGMC), Agar Road, Surasa, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. PIN-456006

URL: https://rdgmc.edu.in/webmail

E mail sb.gawarikar@rdgmc.edu.in

Dr. Gawarikar is a trustee of Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College (RDGMC) and Ujjain Charitable Trust Hospital & Research Centre. He is the Ex-Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine and a current professor in the same department at R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain. His unabated selfless services for the local population are simply unmatched. His knack for medical research and publications is well recognized. He has many publications in his kitty. He is being honored by many professional associations.

Badrinarayan Mishra

Executive Editor

MD (Social and Preventive Medicine/Community Medicine), DSA, DSM Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College (RDGMC),

Mobile: 91 8989938068

>URL: https://rdgmc.edu.in/department-of-community-medicine

E mail bn.mishra@rdgmc.edu.in

Dr. Badrinarayan Mishra a public health expert par excellence is presently working as a senior professor in the Department of Community Medicine at Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College (RDGMC) Ujjain, MP, India. He received his Bachelor's degree in Medicine and Master’s in Community Medicine from SCB Medical College the premier medical institution in Odisha and one of the top and oldest centers of medical teaching and training in India.
Dr. Mishra is active in the field of medical research, publication, and editing. He has been decorated by over 20 medical journals both national and international in the capacity of Editor in Chief, Executive Editor, and Editorial Board Member. This avid medical writer and course designer has written prominent chapters on ‘Cohort Study- The Master Crafts Man in Medical Research’, designed an online course on ‘Social determinants of cardiovascular diseases’ for ARCADE project version 3, edited and contributed to MCH modules for ‘The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)’ India’s most popular and highest accredited (NAAC Grade of A++) University. Dr. Mishra is associated with the illustrious international body the ‘Geneva Foundation of Medical Education and Research (GFMER)’ since 2011.
Dr. Mishra’s unabated journey has fetched him a position in the “Expert committee for the purpose of reviewing COVID-19 research” to be undertaken by SN Lifesciences LLP accredited by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India. His most recent acknowledgments came through the ‘Best Editor in Chief award’ and the ‘Best Editor award’ by IESRF (Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation) for 2022 and 2021. His consistent presence as a member of the Asian Council of Scientific Editors over the years is one more hallmark of his distinguished carrier.

DR. G Sai Sailesh Kumar

Assistant Executive Editor

Ph.D (Medical)., MACS., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology

Mobile: 91 8989938068

> URL: https://rdgmc.edu.in/department-of-physiology

E mail sai.shailesh@rdgmc.edu.in

Dr. Sai Sailesh Kumar Goothy, Currently working as an Associate professor, in the Department of Physiology at R. D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain. He obtained a Master’s degree in Medical Physiology from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal in 2007. He completed a doctoral degree from Saveetha University, Chennai in Neuro Physiology in 2018. He received the National stress Management award twice from ISMA, India in 2014 & 2015. He also received a young scientist award from SPER in 2017 at Jaipur National University, Jaipur. He won a gold medal in the Andhra Pradesh Medical education conference for his paper presentation on medical education. He won many best paper and poster awards at national and international conferences. He published more than 200 research papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is currently working as an editor, editorial board member, and reviewer in many reputed journals. His area of research is vestibular stimulation in the management of lifestyle disorders and neuronal disorders. At present, he is working on the management of Parkinson’s disease by vestibular stimulation which was funded by ICMR.

Vijay K. Mahadik

Managing Editor

MBBS, DCH (Diploma in Child Health) Medical Director Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College (RDGMC) and Ujjain Charitable Trust Hospital & Research Centre , Agar Road, Surasa, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, PIN-456006

Mobile: 91+ 9425353592

E mail vijay.mahadik@rdgmc.edu.in

This visionary social reformist is the incumbent Medical Director of Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College (RDGMC) and Ujjain Charitable Trust Hospital & Research Centre caters to the health needs of the underprivileged from the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh and its adjacent states. His honorary services to the poor and support to medical and social research have no parallel in this part of the country. The credit for establishing the first-ever private medical college in the state of Madhya Pradesh is one of the many feathers in his cap. His commitment to providing state of art medical facilities on a charitable basis through specialist and superspecialist care is a remarkable achievement. The inception of this journal is his brainchild.

Sada Nand Dwivedi

Senior Editor

Ph.D., FSMS, FRSS (UK) Professor, Department of Biostatistics All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029

Mobile: 91-11-26593387

E mail dwivedi7@gmail.com

Professor, Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India. Faculty at Department of Biostatistics, AIIMS, New Delhi, since April 1991. Also, Adjunct Faculty at Clinical Epidemiology Unit, AIIMS, since January 1998. Earlier, Research Officer/ Senior Research Officer (Biostatistics) at Bhopal Gas Disaster Research Centre (Presently, National Institute for Research in Environmental Health), Bhopal from March 1986 to April 1991. Also, visiting Faculty at the School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden; School of Medicine, St. Georges' University, Grenada, West Indies; and College of Medicine, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Further, frequent academic visits to the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Japan, Italy, Sweden, Korea, Thailand, China, & many national universities. Presently active involvement in teaching, research, and consultancy with special reference to Public Health & Clinical Research through randomized controlled trials; sample surveys using various study designs; evaluation methods; and epidemiological modeling with special reference to cancer.
Specialties: Major focus on cancer (breast-cancer, thyroid cancer); mother & child health; nutrition; and diabetes.
Faculty at Department of Biostatistics, AIIMS, New Delhi, since April 1991. Also, Adjunct Faculty at Clinical Epidemiology Unit, AIIMS, since January 1998. Earlier, Research Officer/ Senior Research Officer (Biostatistics) at Bhopal Gas Disaster Research Centre (Presently, National Institute for Research in Environmental Health), Bhopal from March 1986 to April 1991. Also, visiting Faculty at the School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden; School of Medicine, St. Georges' University, Grenada, West Indies; and College of Medicine, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Further, frequent academic visits to the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Japan, Italy, Sweden, Korea, Thailand, China, & many national universities.
Presently active involvement in teaching, research, and consultancy with special reference to Public Health & Clinical Research through randomized controlled trials; sample surveys using various study designs; evaluation methods; and epidemiological modeling with special reference to cancer. Specialties: Major focus on cancer (breast-cancer, thyroid cancer); mother & child health; nutrition; and diabetes.

Dr. Megha Sharma

Senior Editor

Associate Professor and Researcher. Department of Pharmacology (. R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, M.P, India) and Department of Global Public Health Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)

>URL: https://rdgmc.edu.in/department-of-pharmacology

E mail: megha.sharma@rdgmc.edu.in

Dr. Megha Sharma completed her post-graduation with a gold medal and was awarded the degree of Ph.D. in 2001. She is associated with R. D. Gardi Medical College (RDGMC), India, and Karolinska Institutet (KI), Sweden since 2004. She received Postdoctoral Fellowship from Lund University, Sweden (2009) and coordinated several international, multidisciplinary collaborative projects. At present, she holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at RDGMC and Researcher at the Department of Global Public Health, KI. Besides, she is the coordinator of an international, multi-disciplinary research project focused on antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, and improving hygiene in communities and hospitals and, b) an Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Centre under the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India. She is the pioneer and Team Leader of the Hygiene Team for Infection Prevention and Control in the area. Having a keen interest in research and academics, Dr. Sharma persistently teaches and supervises undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students. She is contributing as a Reviewer for several international, peer-reviewed journals. Her key research areas are Global Health, Public health, Antimicrobials, Medicine and health sciences, infectious diseases, Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Infection prevention and control, Risk reduction in Hospitals and Community, Antimicrobial resistance, Hygiene, and Sanitization.

Ashish Pathak

Senior Editors

DNB, PhD Professor, Department of Paediatrics,Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College (RDGMC), Agar Road, Surasa, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India

Mobile: 91+ 9425353592

E mail a.pathak@rdgmc.edu.in

 

Vivek Singh,

MS (Orthopaedics) Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College (RDGMC)

Mobile: 0091 9926392111

E mail v.singh@rdgmc.edu.in

 

Dr. Ritesh Dixit

Associate Professor

MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology) Anaesthesiology RD Gardi Medical college, Ujjain (MP) India

E mail: ritesh.dixit@rdgmc.edu.in

An anaesthesiologist by training, a researcher by wish, and a teacher at heart, Dr. Ritesh Dixit has done MBBS and MD Anaesthesiology from Govt. Medical College, Aurangabad (Maharashtra). Post MD, he has spent his tenure as first Assistant professor and later as Associate Professor at RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain till now. He has published many original articles and worked for the development of his department in the fields of general and specialty anesthesia, CPR training, code blue practice, and hospital infection control. But closest to his heart is mentoring budding anaesthesiologists as thesis guides and teaching every aspect of the subject. He is interested in using technology-based innovations, and research projects. He has regularly reviewed many journals. With an inquisitive scientific acumen and good command of the language, he hopes to reach new academic milestones.

External Peer Reviewers:


Prof Cecilia Stalsby

Lundborg, Global Health-Health Systems and Policy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

Email: Cecilia.stalsby.lundborg@ki.se

Dr Sujith Chandy

Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, Christian Medical College, Vellore,India 632004.

Email: sjchandy@gmail.com

Ms Ingvild Odsbu

Researcher, K2 Department of Medicine, Solna, Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology

Email: ingvild.odsbu@ki.se

Dr. R. Vijayaraghavan

Research Director Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Email: Jai_vijay@hotmail.com

Mobile:9941220727

Dr. Arun H S Kumar

Director- Stemcology University College of Dublin Ireland.

Email:arun.kumar@ucd.ie

Phone: +353851750707

Dr. Purna Singh Addanki

Associate Professor Department of Physiology KIng Faisal University Al Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: purnasingha@gmail.com

Phone: +966-0532507992

Dr. Prachi Shaw

Prof and Head, Dept of Microbiology SAIMS, Indore (MP)

Email: paakhi16@gmail.com

Dr. Harshada Shah

Prof. Dept of Microbiology Dr. Ulhas Patil Medical College and Hospital Jalgoan (MS) Email:sharshada1955@yahoo.com

Dr. Supriya Tankhiwale

Prof. Dept. of Microbiology GMC, Nagpur (MS)

Email: supriyatankhiwale@yahoo.com

Dr. Vishal Diwan

Head, Division of Environmental Monitoring and Exposure Assessment (Water & Soil), ICMR – NIREH, Bhopal. Department of Global Public Health—Health Systems and Policy (HSP): Medicines Focusing Antibiotics, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden.

Email: vishal.diwan@icmr.gov.in

Dr. Pradeep Sawardekar

MD Professor (Community Medicine) at MGM Medical College, Navi Mumbai,& Incharge of Community outreach activities. MGM Institute of Health Sciences MGM Campus, Sector 1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai-410209, MAHARASHTRA STATE (INDIA)

Mobile: +91-9820958282

E-mail:drpnsk@gmail.com

Dr. Arvind Vyankatesh Athavale.

M.B.B.S.; MD(P&SM), PG Certificate in Hospital Mangement (NIHFW; New Delhi); Diploma in Professional Development-DPD – health informatics (University of Bath , UK.) Professor and Head, Chirayu Medical College & Hospitals; Bhopal-Indore Highway Bhaisankhedi, Bhopal, M.P. -462030

PHONE : +917552970166 Mobile: +918109825011

Email: arvindat@rediffmail.com

Dr. Abhay Mudey

D.P.H., M.D. (P.S.M.), PhD (Community Medicine) Dean, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha

Mobile- 09373187088/09822367963

Email: abhaymudey@hotmail.com